Word Study · Strong's H2184 · Hebrew
זְנוּת
zenuth
zen-ooth'
Strong's 1890 spelling: zᵉnûwth
“adultery, i.e. (figuratively) infidelity, idolatry”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
adultery, i.e. (figuratively) infidelity, idolatry
Rendered in the KJV as
whoredom.
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- בִּזְנוּתַ֖יִךְ1
- בִּזְנוּתָ֔ם1
- זְנ֛וּת1
- זְנ֣וּת1
- זְנוּתָ֔הּ1
- זְנוּתֵיכֶ֑ם1
- זְנוּתֵ֔ךְ1
- זְנוּתֵ֖ךְ1
- זְנוּתָ֛ם1
How it is rendered · 6
- prostitution your3
- prostitution2
- by prostitution their1
- by prostitution your1
- prostitution her1
- prostitution their1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- noun · feminine singular2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 2
- HNcfsc/Sp2fs · 2
- HNcfsc/Sp3fs · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp3mp · 1
- HNcmpc/Sp2mp · 1
- HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mp · 1
- HR/Ncmpc/Sp2fs · 1
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Jeremiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Jeremiah3 occurrences
- Jeremiah 3:2בִּזְנוּתַ֖יִךְbiznutayikhpreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.here: by prostitution your
- Jeremiah 3:9זְנוּתָ֔הּzenutahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularIndifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.here: prostitution her
- Jeremiah 13:27זְנוּתֵ֔ךְzenutekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularYour adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields— I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”here: prostitution your
Ezekiel3 occurrences
- Ezekiel 23:27זְנוּתֵ֖ךְzenutekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularSo I will put an end to your indecency and prostitution, which began in the land of Egypt, and you will not lift your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.’here: prostitution your
- Ezekiel 43:7בִּזְנוּתָ֔םbiznutampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraland He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths.here: by prostitution their
- Ezekiel 43:9זְנוּתָ֛םzenutamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralNow let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.here: prostitution their