2184. zenuth
Berean Strong's Lexicon
zenuth: Prostitution, harlotry, fornication, unfaithfulness

Original Word: זְנוּת
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: zenuth
Pronunciation: zeh-NOOTH
Phonetic Spelling: (zen-ooth')
Definition: Prostitution, harlotry, fornication, unfaithfulness
Meaning: adultery, infidelity, idolatry

Word Origin: Derived from the root זָנָה (zanah), which means "to commit fornication" or "to be unfaithful."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G4202 (πορνεία, porneia): Often translated as "fornication" or "sexual immorality," used in the New Testament to describe similar concepts of sexual sin and spiritual unfaithfulness.

Usage: The term "zenuth" primarily refers to acts of sexual immorality, particularly prostitution and harlotry. It is often used metaphorically in the Hebrew Bible to describe spiritual unfaithfulness or idolatry, where Israel is depicted as being unfaithful to God by pursuing other deities.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite society, sexual immorality, including prostitution, was condemned and seen as a violation of the covenant relationship with God. The Israelites were called to be a holy people, set apart for God, and sexual purity was a significant aspect of this calling. The metaphor of prostitution was powerful in conveying the seriousness of idolatry and spiritual unfaithfulness, as it was a vivid image of betrayal and broken covenant.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from zanah
Definition
fornication
NASB Translation
harlotry (6), prostitution (1), unfaithfulness (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
זְנוּת noun feminine abstract fornication; — ׳ז Hosea 4:11; Hosea 6:10; suffix זְנוּתֵךְ Jeremiah 13:27; Ezekiel 23:27; זְנוּתָהּ Jeremiah 3:9; זְנוּתָם Ezekiel 43:7,9; זְנוּתַיִךְ Jeremiah 3:2; זְנוּתֵיכֶם Numbers 14:38.

a. sexual Hosea 4:11.

b. international Ezekiel 23:27.

c. religious Numbers 14:33 (J) Jeremiah 3:2,9; Jeremiah 13:27; Ezekiel 43:7,9; Hosea 6:10 (where WeX1. Proph. suggests זָנִיתָ); compare זָנָה

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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
whoredom

From zanah; adultery, i.e. (figuratively) infidelity, idolatry -- whoredom.

see HEBREW zanah

Forms and Transliterations
בִּזְנוּתַ֖יִךְ בִּזְנוּתָ֔ם בזנותיך בזנותם זְנ֛וּת זְנ֣וּת זְנוּתֵ֔ךְ זְנוּתֵ֖ךְ זְנוּתֵיכֶ֑ם זְנוּתָ֔הּ זְנוּתָ֛ם זנות זנותה זנותיכם זנותך זנותם biz·nū·ṯa·yiḵ biz·nū·ṯām biznuTam biznūṯām biznuTayich biznūṯayiḵ zə·nū·ṯāh zə·nū·ṯām zə·nū·ṯê·ḵem zə·nū·ṯêḵ zə·nūṯ zeNut zənūṯ zenuTah zənūṯāh zenuTam zənūṯām zenuTech zenuteiChem zənūṯêḵ zənūṯêḵem
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Numbers 14:33
HEB: וְנָשְׂא֖וּ אֶת־ זְנוּתֵיכֶ֑ם עַד־ תֹּ֥ם
NAS: and they will suffer [for] your unfaithfulness, until
KJV: and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases
INT: years will suffer your unfaithfulness until lie

Jeremiah 3:2
HEB: וַתַּחֲנִ֣יפִי אֶ֔רֶץ בִּזְנוּתַ֖יִךְ וּבְרָעָתֵֽךְ׃
KJV: the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
INT: have polluted A land whoredoms wickedness

Jeremiah 3:9
HEB: וְהָיָה֙ מִקֹּ֣ל זְנוּתָ֔הּ וַתֶּחֱנַ֖ף אֶת־
NAS: of the lightness of her harlotry, she polluted
KJV: And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled
INT: become the lightness of her harlotry polluted the land

Jeremiah 13:27
HEB: וּמִצְהֲלוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ זִמַּ֣ת זְנוּתֵ֔ךְ עַל־ גְּבָעוֹת֙
NAS: The lewdness of your prostitution On the hills
KJV: the lewdness of thy whoredom, [and] thine abominations
INT: and your neighings the lewdness of your prostitution on the hills

Ezekiel 23:27
HEB: מִמֵּ֔ךְ וְאֶת־ זְנוּתֵ֖ךְ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם
NAS: Thus I will make your lewdness and your harlotry [brought] from the land
KJV: to cease from thee, and thy whoredom [brought] from the land
INT: your lewdness at and your harlotry the land of Egypt

Ezekiel 43:7
HEB: הֵ֤מָּה וּמַלְכֵיהֶם֙ בִּזְנוּתָ֔ם וּבְפִגְרֵ֥י מַלְכֵיהֶ֖ם
NAS: their kings, by their harlotry and by the corpses
KJV: [neither] they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases
INT: like their kings their harlotry the corpses of their kings

Ezekiel 43:9
HEB: יְרַחֲק֧וּ אֶת־ זְנוּתָ֛ם וּפִגְרֵ֥י מַלְכֵיהֶ֖ם
NAS: let them put away their harlotry and the corpses
KJV: Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases
INT: Now put their harlotry and the corpses of their kings

Hosea 4:11
HEB: זְנ֛וּת וְיַ֥יִן וְתִיר֖וֹשׁ
NAS: Harlotry, wine and new wine
KJV: Whoredom and wine and new wine
INT: Harlotry and wine and new

Hosea 6:10
HEB: ק) שָׁ֚ם זְנ֣וּת לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם נִטְמָ֖א
NAS: Ephraim's harlotry is there,
KJV: of Israel: there [is] the whoredom of Ephraim,
INT: horrible thing is there harlotry Ephraim's has defiled

9 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2184
9 Occurrences


biz·nū·ṯām — 1 Occ.
biz·nū·ṯa·yiḵ — 1 Occ.
zə·nūṯ — 2 Occ.
zə·nū·ṯāh — 1 Occ.
zə·nū·ṯām — 1 Occ.
zə·nū·ṯêḵ — 2 Occ.
zə·nū·ṯê·ḵem — 1 Occ.
















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