Words the Bible translates as be unfaithful
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- zanahזָנָהto be sexually unfaithful: to have sex outside marriage or to be a prostitute, and by extension to betray God the way an unfaithful wife betrays her husband
- bagadבָּגַדto act treacherously, to break faith with someone who trusted you.
- ma'alמָעַלto break faith: to betray a trust one is bound to keep, acting treacherously against the party owed loyalty
- apisteōἀπιστέωto be unfaithful: to break faith and prove false to a commitment or to God
+1 more meaning
- to refuse to believe: to reject a report or message as untrue and withhold trust from it
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