H8457 תַּזְנוּת (taznûwth) taz-nooth'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

fornication

Strong's Definition

harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry

Derivation: or תַּזְנֻת; from H2181 (זָנָה);

KJV Usage: fornication, whoredom.

TWOT Reference: 563c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) fornication, harlotry

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2041 G4202

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

תַּזְנוּת (taz.nut) — fornication. fornication, harlotry

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

תַּזְנוּת (H8457)

noun f · זנה

Unfaithful | ≈ זִמָּה · תֹּועֵבָה

promiscuity, debauchery, prostitution, harlotry, whoring, fornication = action by which humans engage in sexual activity that is considered immoral; ≈ used exclusively as a metaphor for unfaithfulness to God by worshiping idols

EZK 16:15 · EZK 16:20 · EZK 16:22 · EZK 16:25 · EZK 16:26 · EZK 16:29 · EZK 16:33 · EZK 16:34 · EZK 16:36 · EZK 23:7 · EZK 23:8 · EZK 23:8 · EZK 23:11 · EZK 23:14 · EZK 23:17 · EZK 23:18 · EZK 23:19 · EZK 23:29 · EZK 23:35 · EZK 23:43

¹ EZK 16:20 MT-K מתזנתך | MT-Q מִתַּזְנוּתָיִךְ ² EZK 16:25 MT-K תזנתך | MT-Q תַּזְנוּתָיִךְ

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[תַּזְנוּת] n.f.abstr. fornication base

Bible Occurrences (19)

16:15 16:20 16:22 16:25 16:26 16:29 16:33 16:34 16:36 23:7 23:8 23:11 23:14 23:17 23:18 23:19 23:29 23:35 23:43

Ezekiel 16:15

But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.

Ezekiel 16:20

You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?

Ezekiel 16:22

And in all your abominations and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your own blood....

Ezekiel 16:25

At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.

Ezekiel 16:26

You prostituted yourself with your lustful... neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.

Ezekiel 16:29

So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants — but even with this you were not satisfied!

Ezekiel 16:33

Men give gifts to all [their] prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your lovers. You bribed them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.

Ezekiel 16:34

So your prostitution is the opposite of that of other women: No one solicited your favors, and you paid a fee instead of receiving one; so you are the very opposite!