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חָנֵף chaneph
Hebrew word for “to pollute” · Strong’s H2610 · used 11 times in 9 verses
Meaning
1) to be profaned, be defiled, be polluted, be corrupt;
How it is translated
Glosses given for chaneph in context, with how often each is used:
- polluted 3
- will pollute 2
- pollutes 1
- has been polluted 1
- certainly 1
- will it be polluted 1
- have polluted 1
- her be polluted 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Jeremiah 3 (3), Numbers 35 (1), Psalms 106 (1), Isaiah 24 (1), Jeremiah 23 (1), Daniel 11 (1), Micah 4 (1)
Forms
- יחניף 2
- ותחנף 2
- תחנף 2
- תחניפו 1
- חנפה 1
- חנוף 1
- ותחניפי 1
- חנפו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with chaneph more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- זְנוּת zenut “fornication” 2
- שָׁפַךְ shaphakh “to pour” 2
- בְּרִית berit “covenant” 2
- דָּם dam “blood” 2
- נְאֻם neum “utterance” 2
- רַב rav “many” 2
- רַע ra “bad” 2
- עַיִן ayin “eye” 2
- יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 2
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 2
Key verses
The verses using chaneph that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Numbers 35:33 — So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood…
- Psalms 106:38 — And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with…
- Isaiah 24:5 — The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
- Jeremiah 3:1 — They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted?…
- Jeremiah 3:2 — Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and…
- Jeremiah 3:9 — And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
- Jeremiah 23:11 — For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
- Daniel 11:32 — And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
- Micah 4:11 — Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.
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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.