Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to soil, especially in a moral sense
KJV Usage: corrupt, defile, X greatly, pollute, profane
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָנֵף (cha.neph) — 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חָנֵף · חֹנֶף · חֲנֻפָּה
Unclean | verb qal
to be polluted, to be defiled = process by which land becomes impure as a result of the morally and ethically unacceptable things that happen there, ► and therefore unfit for God to associate with
PSA 106:38 · ISA 24:5 · JER 3:1 · JER 3:1
Unclean | verb qal, verb hif
to pollute, to defile = causative action by which humans cause land to become impure by their morally and ethically unacceptable behavior, ► as a result of which it is no longer fit for God to associate with
Impact | verb qal
to be defiled > to be destroyed = process by which a town becomes unfit for anyone to live in it
Evil | verb qal
to be ungodly, to be godless = process by which humans become impure in character, without regard or respect for God
Evil | verb hif
to corrupt = causative action by which humans cause other humans to become impure in character, without regard or respect for God
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[חָנֵף] vb. be polluted, profane Qal be polluted
of prophet and priest = profane, godless
Hiph. pollute
make profane, godless
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