נָאַףnâʼaph
commit adultery
Pronunciation: naw-af' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5003
Meanings
Qal
1. commit adultery
a. man (Leviticus 20:10; Proverbs 6:32; Exodus 20:14)
b. women (Leviticus 20:10; Ezekiel 16:38; Ezekiel 23:45)
2. figurative of idolatrous worship (Jeremiah 3:9)
Piel
1. commit adultery
a. man (Jeremiah 29:23; Ezekiel 23:37; Jeremiah 9:2)
b. woman (Hosea 4:13; Hosea 4:14; Hosea 3:1)
2. figurative of idolatrous worship (Ezekiel 23:37; Jeremiah 3:8; Isaiah 57:3)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 31 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 20:14 “You must not commit adultery.
- Leviticus 20:10 “If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the man and the woman who have committed adultery must be put to death.
- Deuteronomy 5:18 “You must not commit adultery.
- Job 24:15 The adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No one will see me then.’ He hides his face so no one will know him.
- Psalms 50:18 When you see thieves, you approve of them, and you spend your time with adulterers.
- Proverbs 6:32 But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool, for he destroys himself.
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).