Lexical Definition

‎זִמָּה‎ zimmâh (zim-maw') wickedness ^H:N-F
or זַמָּה zammâh (zam-maw'); from ‎זָמַם‎

heinous crime, lewd(-ly, -ness), mischief, purpose, thought, wicked (device, mind, -ness).

• a plan, especially a bad one

1) plan, device, wickedness, evil plan, mischievous purpose
1a) plan, purpose
1b) evil device, wickedness
1c) not chaste, incest, licentiousness, adultery, idolatry, harlotry

See Greek: ἀνομία · ἄνομος · ἀνόσιος · ἀσέβεια · ἀσεβέω · ἀφροσύνη · κακός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎זִמָּה‎ noun feminine plan, device, wickedness — absolute ‎׳‎‎ז‎ Lev 18:17 + 17 t.; construct ‎זִמַּת‎ Prov 24:9 + 2 t.; suffix ‎זִמָּתֵךְ‎ Ezek 16:58 + 3t.; ‎זִמַּתְכֶ֫נָֿה‎ Ezek 23:48; Ezek 23:49 plural ‎זמּוֺת‎ Isa 32:7, suffix ‎זִמֹּתַי‎ Job 17:11 —

1. plan, purpose Job 17:3 elsewhere always

2. in bad sense:
a. evil device Isa 32:7 (with ‎יעִץ‎, followed by ‎לְחַבֵּל‎); ‎זִמַּת אִוֶּלֶת‎ Prov 24:9 compare Ps 26:10 (|| ‎שֹׁחַד‎), Ps 119:150.
b. wickedness in act ‎׳‎‎עשׂה ז‎ Hos 6:9 (where murder in context), Prov 10:23; Prov 21:27 compare Now. Especially
c. of unchastity: incest Lev 18:17; Lev 20:14 (twice in verse), licentiousness Lev 19:29 (all H), Judg 20:6 (|| ‎נְבָלָה‎), adultery Job 31:11 frequently (mostly Ezekiel) metaphor of idolatry of people under figure of harlotry and adultery Jer 13:27 (‎זִמַּת זְנוּתֵךְ‎), Ezek 16:27 (‎דַּרְכֵךְ זִמָּה‎), vEzek 16:43 vEzek 16:58 (both || ‎תּוֺעֵבָה‎), Ezek 22:9 (with ‎עשׂה‎), vEzek 22:11 (‎טִמֵּא בְּזִמָּה‎, || ‎תועבה‎), Ezek 23:21; Ezek 23:27 (|| ‎זְנוּתֵךְ‎), vEzek 23:29 (‎עֶרְוַת‎ ‎זְנוּנַיִךְ וְזִמָּתֵךְ וְתַזְנוּתָ֑יִךְ‎), vEzek 23:35 (|| ‎תַּזְנוּתָ֑יִךְ‎), vEzek 23:44 (‎׳‎‎אִשּׁוֺת הַזּ‎, Co ‎׳‎‎לעשׂות ז‎), vEzek 23:48 vEzek 23:48 vEzek 23:49 (|| ‎חֲטָאֵי גִלּוּלֵיכֶן‎), Ezek 24:13. [In Ezek 16:27; Ezek 16:43; Ezek 24:13 strike out Co, chiefly on internal grounds.]

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