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To pollute

חָנֵףStrong’s H2610

chaneph (cha-neph)

Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Chaneph is the Hebrew word usually translated “it was polluted”, “pollute” and “it pollutes”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.

“And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.”
Daniel 11:32 KJV
Meaning
  1. To be profaned, be defiled, be polluted, be corrupt(Qal) · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
  • and it was polluted 2
  • you will pollute 1
  • it pollutes 1
  • it has been polluted 1
  • certainly 1
  • will it be polluted 1
  • and you have polluted 1
  • they are polluted 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 4
  • Numbers 1
  • Psalms 1
  • Isaiah 1
  • Daniel 1
  • Micah 1

6 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

חָנֵף chaneph · to pollute

1) to be profaned, be defiled, be polluted, be corrupt 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be polluted 1a2) to be profane, be godless 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to pollute 1b2) to make profane, make godless, cause to be defiled

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “certainly” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

CERTAINLY, adverb

  1. Without doubt or question; in truth and fact.“CERTAINLY this was a righteous man” Luke 23:47
  2. Without failure.“He said, I will certainly return to thee” Genesis 18:10

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.