STRONGS NUMBER H2154


Word Summary
zimmah: a plan, device, wickedness
Original Word: זִמָּה
Transliteration: zimmah
Phonetic Spelling: (zim-maw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: a plan, device, wickedness
Meaning: a plan, device, wickedness
Strong's Concordance
heinous crime, lewdly mischief, wicked device

Or zammah {zam-maw'}; from zamam; a plan, especially a bad one -- heinous crime, lewd(-ly, -ness), mischief, purpose, thought, wicked (device, mind, -ness).

see HEBREW zamam

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2154. zimmah

I. זִמָּהnoun feminine plan, device, wickedness — absolute ׳זLeviticus 18:17 17t.; construct זִמַּתProverbs 24:9 2t.; suffix זִמָּתֵךְEzekiel 16:58 + 3t.; זִמַּתְכֶ֫נָֿה23:48-49, plural זמּוֺתIsaiah 32:7, suffix זִמֹּתַיJob 17:11; —

1 plan, purpose Job 17:3; elsewhere always

2 in bad sense:

a. evil device Isaiah 32:7 (with יעִץ‎, followed by לְחַבֵּל‎); אִוֶּלֶת זִמַּתProverbs 24:9; compare Psalm 26:10 ("" שֹׁחַד‎), 119:150.

b. wickedness in act ז ׳עשׂהHosea 6:9 (where murder in context), Proverbs 10:23; 21:27 compare Now. Especially

c. of unchastity: incest Leviticus 18:17; 20:14 (twice in verse), licentiousness 19:29 (all H), Judges 20:6 ("" נְבָלָה‎), adultery Job 31:11; frequently (mostly Ezekiel) metaphor of idolatry of people under figure of harlotry and adultery Jeremiah 13:27 (זְנוּתֵךְ זִמַּת‎), Ezekiel 16:27 (זִמָּה דַּרְכֵךְ‎), 16:43; 16:58 (both "" תּוֺעֵבָה‎), 22:9 (with עשׂה‎), 22:11 (בְּזִמָּה טִמֵּא‎, "" תועבה‎), 23:21, 27 ("" זְנוּתֵךְ‎), 23:29 (וְתַזְנוּתָ֑יִךְ וְזִמָּתֵךְ זְנוּנַיִךְ עֶרְוַת‎), 23:35 ("" תַּזְנוּתָ֑יִךְ‎), 23:44 (הַזּ ׳אִשּׁוֺת‎, Co ז ׳לעשׂות‎), 23:48; 23:48; 23:49 ("" גִלּוּלֵיכֶן חֲטָאֵי‎), 24:13. [In 16:27, 43; 24:13 strike out Co, chiefly on internal grounds.]