זִמָּהzimmâh

plan, device, wickedness

Pronunciation: zim-maw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2154

Meanings

1. plan, purpose (Job 17:3)

2. in bad sense

a. evil device (Isaiah 32:7; Proverbs 24:9; Psalms 26:10)

b. wickedness (Hosea 6:9; Proverbs 10:23; Proverbs 21:27)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 29 times in the Bible.

  • Leviticus 18:17 “Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. And do not take her granddaughter, whether her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives, and this would be a wicked act.
  • Leviticus 19:29 “Do not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be filled with prostitution and wickedness.
  • Leviticus 20:14 “If a man marries both a woman and her mother, he has committed a wicked act. The man and both women must be burned to death to wipe out such wickedness from among you.
  • Judges 20:6 So I cut her body into twelve pieces and sent the pieces throughout the territory assigned to Israel, for these men have committed a terrible and shameful crime.
  • Job 17:11 My days are over. My hopes have disappeared. My heart’s desires are broken.
  • Job 31:11 For lust is a shameful sin, a crime that should be punished.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).