נָאַף naaph
Hebrew word for “to commit adultery” · Strong’s H5003 · used 31 times in 26 verses
Meaning
1) to commit adultery;
How it is translated
Glosses given for naaph in context, with how often each is used:
- adulterers 5
- committed adultery 4
- adulterous 3
- have committed adultery 3
- adulteresses 3
- must commit adultery 2
- will commit adultery 2
- adulterer 2
- commit adultery 2
- adulteress 1
- one who commits adultery 1
- will you commit adultery? 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 8 | 0.4 | |
| Ezekiel | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Hosea | 5 | 2.1 | |
| Leviticus | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Malachi | 1 | 1.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Hosea 4 (3), Jeremiah 3 (2), Jeremiah 23 (2), Ezekiel 16 (2), Ezekiel 23 (2), Exodus 20 (1), Leviticus 20 (1), Deuteronomy 5 (1), Job 24 (1), Psalms 50 (1)
Forms
- מנאפים 4
- תֿנאף 2
- ינאף 2
- נאף 2
- וינאפו 2
- ונאף 2
- נאפות 2
- נאפו 2
- תנאפנה 2
- הנאף 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with naaph more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- זָנָה zanah “to fornicate” 5
- שֶׁקֶר sheqer “deception” 4
- אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 6
- דָּם dam “blood” 4
- רֵעַ rea “neighbor” 3
- שָׁבַע shava “to swear” 3
- הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 5
- כַּלָּה kallah “daughter-in-law” 2
- גָּנַב ganav “to steal” 2
- בָּגַד bagad “to act treacherously” 2
- רָצַח ratsach “to murder” 2
- מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 3
Key verses
The verses using naaph that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Proverbs 6:32 — But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
- Jeremiah 3:8 — And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous…
- Jeremiah 5:7 — How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed…
- Jeremiah 7:9 — Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
- Jeremiah 9:2 — Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of…
- Jeremiah 23:14 — I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none…
- Jeremiah 29:23 — Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have…
- Ezekiel 16:38 — And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.
- Ezekiel 23:37 — That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they…
- Hosea 3:1 — Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who…
- Hosea 4:2 — By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
- Malachi 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and…
See all 26 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.