חָנֵף (cha.neph) means “to pollute” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: khaw-nafe' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
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
STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
a primitive root; to soil, especially in a moral sense
KJV glosses: corrupt, defile, [idiom] greatly, pollute, profane.
Open Scriptures transcription · CC BY-SA
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| are ungodly | 1 |
| be completely defiled | 1 |
| he will corrupt | 1 |
| is defiled | 1 |
| israel had defiled | 1 |
| let her be defiled | 1 |
| pollute | 1 |
| pollutes | 1 |
| was polluted | 1 |
| you have defiled | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| also is defiled | 1 |
| and thou hast polluted | 1 |
| are profane | 1 |
| be greatly | 1 |
| it defileth | 1 |
| let her be defiled | 1 |
| polluted | 1 |
| shall he corrupt | 1 |
| so ye shall not pollute | 1 |
| that she defiled | 1 |
| was polluted | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 9 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
Read word by wordThey shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
Read word by wordThe earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
Read word by word“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.
Read word by word“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
Read word by wordIndifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.
Read word by word“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.
Read word by wordWith flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.
Read word by wordBut now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”
Read word by wordData created by www.STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). STEPBible data · License.
We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.
Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.
Open in Berean Blue