BDB2381 [H2154]

1. plan, purpose Job 17:3 elsewhere always

2. in bad sense:
\ \ a. evil device Isa 32:7 (with יעִץ, followed by לְחַבֵּל); זִמַּת אִוֶּלֶת Prov 24:9 compare Ps 26:10 (|| שֹׁחַד), Ps 119:150.
\ \ b. wickedness in act ׳עשׂה ז Hos 6:9 (where murder in context), Prov 10:23; Prov 21:27 compare Now. Especially
\ \ c. of unchastity: incest Lev 18:17; Lev 20:14 (twice in verse), licentiousness Lev 19:29 (all H), Judg 20:6 (|| נְבָלָה), adultery Job 31:11 frequently (mostly Ezekiel) metaphor of idolatry of people under figure of harlotry and adultery Jer 13:27 (זִמַּת זְנוּתֵךְ), Ezek 16:27 (דַּרְכֵךְ זִמָּה), vEzek 16:43 vEzek 16:58 (both || תּוֺעֵבָה), Ezek 22:9 (with עשׂה), vEzek 22:11 (טִמֵּא בְּזִמָּה, || תועבה), Ezek 23:21; Ezek 23:27 (|| זְנוּתֵךְ), vEzek 23:29 (עֶרְוַת זְנוּנַיִךְ וְזִמָּתֵךְ וְתַזְנוּתָ֑יִךְ), vEzek 23:35 (|| תַּזְנוּתָ֑יִךְ), vEzek 23:44 (׳אִשּׁוֺת הַזּ, Co ׳לעשׂות ז), vEzek 23:48 vEzek 23:48 vEzek 23:49 (|| חֲטָאֵי גִלּוּלֵיכֶן), Ezek 24:13. [In Ezek 16:27; Ezek 16:43; Ezek 24:13 strike out Co, chiefly on internal grounds.]