זִמָּה zimmah
Hebrew word for “wickedness” · Strong’s H2154 · used 29 times in 27 verses
Meaning
1) plan, device, wickedness, evil plan, mischievous purpose;
How it is translated
Glosses given for zimmah in context, with how often each is used:
- wickedness 13
- licentiousness 12
- plans 1
- plan 1
- evil purposes 1
- like licentiousness 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel | 14 | 0.7 | |
| Leviticus | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Proverbs | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Hosea | 1 | 0.4 |
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 23 (7), Ezekiel 16 (3), Ezekiel 22 (2), Leviticus 18 (1), Leviticus 19 (1), Leviticus 20 (1), Judges 20 (1), Job 17 (1), Job 31 (1), Psalms 26 (1)
Forms
- זמה 14
- זמת 3
- זמתך 3
- בזמה 2
- הזמה 2
- זמתי 1
- זמות 1
- וזמתך 1
- כזמתכנה 1
- זמתכנה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with zimmah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- תּוֹעֵבַה toevah “abomination” 5
- אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 5
- ךְ kh “you” 4
- יַעַן yaan “because” 3
- זְנוּת zenut “fornication” 2
- בַּת bat “daughter” 4
- נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 4
- תַּזְנוּת taznut “fornication” 2
- יְהֹוִה yehovih “YHWH/God” 3
- עֶרְוָה ervah “nakedness” 2
- נְעוּרִים naur “youth” 2
- אֲדֹנָי adonai “Lord” 3
Key verses
The verses using zimmah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Proverbs 21:27 — The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
- Proverbs 24:9 — The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
- Isaiah 32:7 — The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
- Jeremiah 13:27 — I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem!…
- Ezekiel 16:27 — Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the…
- Ezekiel 16:43 — Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine…
- Ezekiel 22:9 — In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
- Ezekiel 22:11 — And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister,…
- Ezekiel 23:35 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
- Ezekiel 23:49 — And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 24:13 — In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused…
- Hosea 6:9 — And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
See all 27 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.