Word

זָנַח

zânach · H2186 · Hebrew · 20 occurrences

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Meanings

to be foul, to stink

Process by which an object acquires characteristics that are considered unacceptable

Examples
Isaiah 19:6 The canals will emit a stench, The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up; The reeds and rushes will rot away.
to reject

Action by which someone makes a conscious decision to dismiss a certain object, person, or deity as inadequate, faulty, or otherwise unacceptable

Examples
1 Chronicles 28:9 “As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
2 Chronicles 11:14 For the Levites left their pasture lands and their property and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had excluded them from serving as priests to the LORD.
2 Chronicles 29:19 “Moreover, all the utensils which King Ahaz had discarded during his reign in his unfaithfulness, we have prepared and consecrated; and behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.”

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

20 occurrences in 11 groups

Not stated: you (one person) 7
אֲדֹנָיLord 3
Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

12 occurrences in 8 groups

נוּus 4
הֶםthem 2
טוֹבgood 1
מִזְבֵּחַaltar 1
נֶפֶשׁsoul, life 1
עֵגֶלmale calf 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

10 occurrences in 8 groups

לto/for+ מָהwhat?, why? 3
לto/for+ נֶצַחforever 2
לto/for+ עוֹלָםforever 2
מִןfrom+ כָּהַןto act as priest 1
מִןfrom+ שָׁלוֹםpeace, welfare 1
בin/on/with+ מַלְכוּתkingdom, reign, kingship 1

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 2 groups

לֹאnot 2
אַלnot, do not 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

כlike/as 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

ἀπωθέομαι apōthéomai · G683 · to push away, to thrust aside, to refuse to listen to: Greek ἀπωθέομαι specifically denotes pushing away or rejecting (often with active resistance overtones), serving as the standard LXX rendering for Hebrew זָנַח's sense of forceful removal or casting off, particularly in contexts of divine rejection.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Unwilling002001002031: זָנַח denotes casting off or rejecting, as David warns Solomon that forsaking God will lead God to reject him forever.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2186. zanach I. זָנַח verb reject, spurn (perhaps compare Assyrian zinû, be angry,…

H2186. zanach
I. זָנַח verb reject, spurn (perhaps compare Assyrian zinû, be angry, especially of gods Gu§ 105 ZimBP 23 ff.) —
Qal Perfect ׳ז Hos 8:3, Hos 8:5; Lam 2:7; זָנַחְתָּ Psa 44:10 Psa 44:2t.; suffix זְנַחְתָּ֑נִי Psa 43:2; זְנַחְתָּנוּ Psa 60:3; Psa 60:12; Psa 108:12; זְנַחְתִּים Zec 10:6; Imperfect יִזְנַח Psa 77:8; Lam 3:31; תִּזְנַח Psa 44:24 Psa 44:2t.; — reject, Israel rejects good Hos 8:3; Samaria's calf rejects her Hos 8:5 (others make ׳י subject; WeKl. Proph. reads אזנת I reject), elsewhere God rejects people Psa 43:2; Psa 60:3; Psa 77:8; Psa 88:15; Zec 10:6; לָנֶצַח Psa 44:24; Psa 74:1; לעולם Lam 3:31; ז בצבאתינו תצא ׳ולא Psa 44:10; Psa 60:12; Psa 108:12; מִשָּׁלוֺם נַפְשִׁי Lam 3:17; king Psa 89:39; altar Lam 2:7.
Hiph`il Perfect הִזְנִיחַ2Ch 29:19; suffix הִזְנִיחָם2Ch 11:14; 2Ch 11:3 plural הֶאֶזְנִיחוּ Isa 19:6, see II. זנח; Imperfect יַזְנִיחֲךָ 1Ch 28:9; — (late) reject (= earlier
Qal), Jeroboam rejects the Levites לי ׳מכהן2Ch 11:14; Ahaz the sacred vessels 2Ch 29:19; ׳י rejects Solomon 1Ch 28:9.
II. [זָנַח] stink, emit stench (compare Arabic become rancid, of oil, etc., Lane); — only
Hiph`il Perfect3masculine plural נְהָרוֺת הֶאֶזְנִיחוּ rivers stink Isa 19:6 (read הִזְנִיחוּ Ges§ 53, 6 Ol§ 255 b Sta§ 420 a Köi. 293; but Ew§ 123 b De Di derive from elative אַזְנָח or אֶזְנָח).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Unwilling20 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0