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e -nôr´mi -ti : The marginal rendering in the King James Version of Hosea 6:9 for "lewdness," and in the Revised Version (British and American) of Leviticus 18:17; Leviticus 19:29; Leviticus 20:14 for "wickedness." In each case it is the translation of זמּה , zimmāh , meaning originally, "thought" or "plot," mostly in a bad sense, lewdness, wickedness; in Lev it is unnatural wickedness - incest.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Enormity'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/e/enormity.html. 1915.

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