נִאֻף

niuf · adultery

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5004 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

niuf (נִאֻף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “adultery”.

How to say it

ni·uf

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Uniting with another, betraying the marriage; a picture of unfaithfulness to God.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Jeremiah 13:27

    Your adulteries and your neighings, the infamy of your prostitution on the hills in the field, I have seen your detestable things. Woe to you, Jerusalem! You will not be clean; after how long still?

  • Ezekiel 23:43

    And I said of the one worn out with adulteries, ‘Now they will commit her prostitutions, and she too.’