Chaneph means “soil” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G2610 — katagonizomai (“subdue”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H2610 חָנֵף (chaneph) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chaneph (khaw-nafe') v. 1. to soil, especially in a moral sense [a primitive root] It has 9 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include pollute, greatly, profane, and corrupt. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
chaneph (khaw-nafe') v. 1. to soil, especially in a moral sense [a primitive root] KJV: corrupt, defile, X greatly, pollute, profane.
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to pollute
Usage: 1) to be profaned, be defiled, be polluted, be corrupt 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be polluted 1a2) to be profane, be godless 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to pollute 1b2) to make profane, make godless, cause to be defiled
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chaneph, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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9 indexed usages in Old Testament.
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
First 9 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2610.
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.
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Chaneph (Strong's H2610) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "soil". chaneph (khaw-nafe') v. 1. to soil, especially in a moral sense [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 9 linked usages for Strong's H2610 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2610 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as pollute, greatly, profane, and corrupt. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.