Judges 20:6
And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
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Lewdness
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Acts 18:14
And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:
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11 occurrences in 10 verses.
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זִמָּה
zimmâh · zim-maw'
14 times translated as this KJV form29 total Strong's occurrences
a plan, especially a bad one
Strong's KJV usage: heinous crime, lewd(-ly, -ness), mischief, purpose, thought, wicked (device, mind, -ness).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 20:6Strong's last: Hosea 6:9
Open full H2154 profile →ῥᾳδιούργημα
rhaidioúrgēma · hrad-ee-oorg'-ay-mah
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
easy-going behavior, i.e. (by extension) a crime
Strong's KJV usage: :--lewdness.
Strong's first: Acts 18:14Strong's last: Acts 18:14
Open full G4467 profile →מְזִמָּה
mᵉzimmâh · mez-im-maw'
1 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)
Strong's KJV usage: (wicked) device, discretion, intent, witty invention, lewdness, mischievous (device), thought, wickedly.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 11:15Strong's last: Jeremiah 11:15
Open full H4209 profile →נַבְלוּת
nablûwth · nab-looth'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
properly, disgrace, i.e. the (female) pudenda
Strong's KJV usage: lewdness.
Strong's first: Hosea 2:10Strong's last: Hosea 2:10
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H2154
Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.
H2154
Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD.
H2154
In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
H2154
Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.
H2154
Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.
H2154
And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
H2154
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
H2154
Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.
H2154
Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.
H2154
And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
H2154
In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
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lewdness
LEWD'NESS, noun
1. The unlawful indulgence of lust; fornication, or adultery.
2. In Scripture, it generally denotes idolatry.
3. Licentiousness; shamelessness.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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