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H2154 זִמָּה (zimmâh) zim-maw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

or zammah {zam-maw'}; from 2161; a plan, especially a bad one

KJV Usage: heinous crime, lewd(-ly, -ness), mischief, purpose, thought, wicked (device, mind, -ness)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

זִמָּה (zim.mah) — wickedness. 1) plan, device, wickedness, evil plan, mischievous purpose 1a) plan, purpose 1b) evil device, wickedness 1c) not chaste, incest, licentiousness, adultery, idolatry, harlotry

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · זמם

Think

plan = a project or scheme as conceived in the heart or mind, which can be either bad or good

JOB 17:11

Sin | ≈ נְבָלָה · עָוֹן · שֹׁחַד · תֹּועֵבָה · תַּזְנוּת | ≠ חָכְמָה

depravity, wickedness, evil, wantonness literally: plan; hence: = a state of moral and ethical corruption, starting with evil plans and resulting in depraved practices, ≈ regarded as foolishness

LEV 18:17 · LEV 19:29 · LEV 20:14 · LEV 20:14 · JDG 20:6 · JOB 31:11 · PSA 26:10 · PSA 119:150 · PRO 10:23 · PRO 21:27 · PRO 24:9 · ISA 32:7 · JER 13:27 · EZK 16:27 · EZK 16:43 · EZK 16:58 · EZK 22:9 · EZK 22:11 · EZK 23:21 · EZK 23:27 · EZK 23:29 · EZK 23:35 · EZK 23:44 · EZK 23:48 · EZK 23:48 · EZK 23:49 · EZK 24:13 · HOS 6:9

name

Names of People

Zimmah = man; ◄ son of Jahath; descendant of Gershom; tribe of Levi

1CH 6:5

Names of People

Zimmah = man; ◄ son of Shimei; ancestor of Asaph; tribe of Levi

1CH 6:27

Names of People

Zimmah = man; father of Joah, Levite, time of king Hezekiah

2CH 29:12

1 JOB 17:11 NJPS "my tendons" (DCH: זִמָּה III | see Gordis, Seow)

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

זִמָּה n.f. plan, device, wickedness base

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