To commit adultery
נָאַףStrong’s H5003naaph (na-aph)
Appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Naaph is the Hebrew word usually translated “adulterers”, “adulterous” and “have committed adultery”. It appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thou shalt not commit adultery.”
Meaning
- To commit adultery(Qal) · (Piel)
How it's translated
- adulterers 4
- adulterous 3
- they have committed adultery 3
- adulteresses 3
- you must commit adultery 2
- he will commit adultery 2
- and they committed adultery 2
- they commit adultery 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 8
- Hosea 5
- Ezekiel 4
- Proverbs 2
- Exodus 1
- Leviticus 1
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 20:10And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
- Deuteronomy 5:18Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
- Job 24:15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
- Psalms 50:18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
- Proverbs 6:32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
- Proverbs 30:20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
Hebrew dictionary
נָאַף naaph · to commit adultery
1) to commit adultery 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to commit adultery 1a1a) usually of man 1a1a1) always with wife of another 1a1b) adultery (of women) (participle) 1a2) idolatrous worship (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to commit adultery 1b1a) of man 1b1b) adultery (of women) (participle) 1b2) idolatrous worship (fig.)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “adulterer” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ADUL'TERER, noun
[Latin adulter.]
- A man guilty of adultery; a man who has sexual commerce with any married woman, except his wife. [See Adultery.]
- In scripture, an idolator. Ezekiel 23:37
- An apostate from the true faith, or one who violates his covenant engagements; a very wicked person. and 23. Jeremiah 9:2
- One devoted to earthly things. James 4:4
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.