What does אִשָּׁה · נָאַף mean in the Bible?
אִשָּׁה · נָאַף is a Hebrew phrase meaning "adulterous woman, woman committing adultery".
Hebrew · H802, H5003
אִשָּׁה מְנָאָפֶת
A woman · to commit adultery ; figuratively, to apostatize
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אִשָּׁה H802 a woman
Pronunciation ishah
Woman or wife; context determines meaning—marriage, gender, or relational status all collapse into one term
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נָאַף H5003 to commit adultery ; figuratively, to apostatize
Pronunciation naaph
Sexual infidelity metaphorically frames Israel's covenant betrayal with God as marital unfaithfulness.
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What does אִשָּׁה מְנָאָפֶת (ishah mena'efet) mean in the Bible?
אִשָּׁה · נָאַף is a Hebrew phrase meaning "adulterous woman, woman committing adultery".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H802, H5003?
H802, H5003 is connected to 812 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. adulterous woman, woman committing adultery
Strong's H802, H5003
Lexical occurrences 812 verses Source Gloss
adulterous woman, woman committing adultery
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
אִשָּׁה מְנָאָפֶת is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
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