חָנֵף
chânêph · khaw-nafe'
to soil, especially in a moral sense
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to soil, especially in a moral sense
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: corrupt, defile, [idiom] greatly, pollute, profane.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the seed, life continuing › to speak, the word
To separate and protect of the seed, life continuing that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָנֵף above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- so ye shall not pollute1 · 9%
- it defileth1 · 9%
- was polluted1 · 9%
- also is defiled1 · 9%
- be greatly1 · 9%
- polluted1 · 9%
- and thou hast polluted1 · 9%
- that she defiled1 · 9%
- are profane1 · 9%
- shall he corrupt1 · 9%
- let her be defiled1 · 9%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.