Strong's Lexicon

H2610

H2610 — חָנֵף

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewchanephverb-stemOccurrences: 11TWOT: 696

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2610
Word:חָנֵף
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:11
Transliteration:chaneph
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:khaw-nafe'
Meaning:1. to soil, especially in a moral sense
KJV Renderings:corrupt, defile, X greatly, pollute, profane.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2958

[חָנֵף] verb polluted, profane (Arabic [untranscribed source text 1861] incline, decline, hence [untranscribed source text 1862] inclining to a right state, but in Hebrew of inclining away from right, irreligion, profaneness, compare [untranscribed source text 1863] have a [untranscribed source text 1864] i.e. distortion of foot; Syriac in derivatives be profane , etc.; Late Hebrew Hiph`il, Aramaic Aph`el act falsely toward, flatter, חֲנוּפָה hypocrisy; Assyrian hanpu, ruthlessness; hanâpu, exercise ruthlessness toward, Tel Amarna Zim ZA vi, 1891, 256) —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular חָֽנְפָה Isa 24:5 3 plural חָנֵפ֑וּ Jer 23:11 Imperfect 3 feminine singular תֶּחְֶנַף Jer 3:1 תֱּהֶָנ֑ף Mic 4:11 וֵתֶּחֱנַף Jer 3:9; Ps 106:38 Infinitive absolute חָנוֺף Jer 3:1
1. be polluted: of land Isa 24:5; Jer 3:1 (twice in verse); Ps 106:38 of Zion Mic 4:11.
2. of prophet and priest = be חָנֵף (compare below) i.e. profane, godless Jer 23:11. — apparently trans וַתֶּחֱנַף את הארץ, Gf strike out את, Gie cites Ges § 121,1, but read rather Hiph`il וַתַּחֲנֵף with Manuscripts ᵐ5 Ew and others (see also Gf. Gie).
Hiph`il Imperfect יַחֲנִיף Num 35:33; Dan 11:33 2 feminine singular וַתַּחֲנִ֫יפִי Jer 3:2 2 masculine plural תַּחֲנִ֫יפוּ; —
1. pollute: the land Num 35:33 (twice in verse) (by blood; P ), Jer 3:2 (by idolatry, etc.) + Jer 3:9 (see above)
2. make profane, godless Dan 11:32 with accusative of person


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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