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Jeremiah 5

Jer. 5:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They were as fed
zuwn (Hebrew #2109)
perhaps properly, to be plump, i.e. (transitively) to nourish
KJV usage: feed.
Pronounce: zoon
Origin: a primitive root
horses
cuwc (Hebrew #5483)
from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy); a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
KJV usage: crane, horse((-back, -hoof)). Compare 6571.
Pronounce: soos
Origin: or cuc {soos}
in the morning
shakah (Hebrew #7904)
to roam (through lust)
KJV usage: in the morning (by mistake for 7925).
Pronounce: shaw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
: every one
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
neighed
tsahal (Hebrew #6670)
to gleam, i.e. (figuratively) be cheerful; by transf. to sound clear (of various animal or human expressions)
KJV usage: bellow, cry aloud (out), lift up, neigh, rejoice, make to shine, shout.
Pronounce: tsaw-hal'
Origin: a prim root
after his neighbor’s
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
wife
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
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Cross References

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Jer. 13:27• 27I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be? (Jer. 13:27)
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Gen. 39:9• 9There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? (Gen. 39:9)
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Ex. 20:14,17• 14Thou shalt not commit adultery.
 17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. (Ex. 20:14,17)
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Deut. 5:18,21• 18Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
 21Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbor's. (Deut. 5:18,21)
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2 Sam. 11:2‑4• 2And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
 3And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
 4And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house. (2 Sam. 11:2‑4)
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Job 31:9• 9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbor's door; (Job 31:9)
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Matt. 5:27‑28• 27Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
 28But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. (Matt. 5:27‑28)

J. N. Darby Translation

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As well fed horses, they roam about, every one neigheth after his neighbour’s wife.

W. Kelly Translation

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They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.