נָאַף
na.aph (H5003)
to commit adultery
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "נָאַף" (na.aph) is defined as "to commit adultery." This verb appears 31 times in the Bible, indicating its significance in the ancient Hebrew culture. The fact that it is categorized under the semantic domain of "Covenant & Promise" suggests that adultery is not just a personal or social issue, but also has implications for the relationship between individuals and their communities, which are often bound by covenants and promises. The frequency of its occurrence in the Bible highlights the importance of fidelity and loyalty in ancient Hebrew society. Adultery is not just a physical act, but also a breach of trust and a violation of social norms. The word "נָאַף" carries a strong sense of moral and social transgression, emphasizing the consequences of such actions on individuals and communities. In the context of the Bible, the word "נָאַף" is often used to describe a serious offense that can lead to severe consequences, including divorce, shame, and even death. Its significance extends beyond the individual to the broader social and cultural context, underscoring the importance of maintaining relationships and commitments in ancient Hebrew society.
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“ ‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ He disguises his face.
When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.
He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
“So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
“But draw near here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes.
I saw when, for this very cause, that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, had no fear; but she also went and played the prostitute.
Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.
“How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by what are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes’ houses.
Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of the curse the land mourns. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right;
In the prophets of Jerusalem I have also seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one returns from his wickedness. They have all become to me as Sodom, and its inhabitants as Gomorrah.”
because they have done foolish things in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I didn’t command them. I am he who knows, and am witness,” says Yahweh.
“ ‘ “A wife who commits adultery! Who takes strangers instead of her husband!
I will judge you, as women who break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have also caused their sons, whom they bore to me, to pass through the fire to them to be devoured.
Righteous men will judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of women who shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
Yahweh said to me, “Go again, love a woman loved by another, and an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins.”
There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, and your brides commit adultery.
I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.
They are all adulterers. They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring, from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.
I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.