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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - נָאַף

נָאַף

H5003

Transliteration: nâʼaph

Pronunciation: naw-af'

Definition: adulterer


Original: נאף

Transliteration: nâ'aph

Phonetic: naw-af'

BDB Definition:

  1. to commit adultery
    1. (Qal)
      1. to commit adultery
        1. usually of man
          1. always with wife of another
        2. adultery (of women) (participle)
      2. idolatrous worship (figuratively)
    2. (Piel)
      1. to commit adultery
        1. of man
        2. adultery (of women) (participle)
      2. idolatrous worship (figuratively)

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 1273

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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