Word Study · Strong's H8457 · Hebrew
תַּזְנוּת
taznuth
taz-nooth'
Strong's 1890 spelling: taznûwth
“harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry
Rendered in the KJV as
fornication, whoredom.
- 20occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 19inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 20 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 19
- תַּזְנוּתֶ֑יהָ2
- בְּתַזְנוּתַ֔יִךְ1
- בְּתַזְנוּתַ֖יִךְ1
- בְּתַזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃1
- בְּתַזְנוּתָ֑ם1
- וְתַזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃1
- וְתַזְנֻתַ֔יִךְ1
- מִתַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃1
- תַזְנוּתֶ֖הָ1
- תַּזְנוּתֶ֙יהָ֙1
- תַּזְנוּתֶ֤יהָ1
- תַּ֨זְנוּתֶ֔יהָ1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 9
- prostitutions her7
- prostitutions your3
- and prostitutions your2
- in prostitutions your2
- prostitution your2
- by prostitution their1
- by prostitutions your1
- from prostitutions your1
- prostitution their1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular6
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular4
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person 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
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpc/Sp3fs · 6
- HR/Ncmpc/Sp2fs · 4
- HNcmpc/Sp2fs · 3
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp2fs · 2
- HNcfsc/Sp2fs · 2
- HNcfsc/Sp3fs · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp3mp · 1
- HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mp · 1
All 20, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Ezekiel20 occurrences
- Ezekiel 16:15תַּזְנוּתַ֛יִךְtaznutayikhnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularBut 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.here: prostitutions your
- Ezekiel 16:20מִתַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃mitaznutekhpreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularYou even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?here: from prostitutions your
- Ezekiel 16:22וְתַזְנֻתַ֔יִךְvetaznutayikhconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularAnd 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.here: and prostitutions your
- Ezekiel 16:25תַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃taznutekhnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularAt 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.here: prostitutions your
- Ezekiel 16:26תַּזְנֻתֵ֖ךְtaznutekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularYou prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.here: prostitution your
- Ezekiel 16:29תַּזְנוּתֵ֛ךְtaznutekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularSo you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!here: prostitution your
- Ezekiel 16:33בְּתַזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃betaznutayikhpreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularMen 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.here: by prostitutions your
- Ezekiel 16:34בְּתַזְנוּתַ֔יִךְbetaznutayikhpreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularSo 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!here: in prostitutions your
- Ezekiel 16:36בְּתַזְנוּתַ֖יִךְbetaznutayikhpreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularThis is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,here: in prostitutions your
- Ezekiel 23:7תַּזְנוּתֶ֙יהָ֙taznuteihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularShe offered sexual favors to all the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all the idols of those for whom she lusted.here: prostitutions her
- Ezekiel 23:8תַּזְנוּתֶ֤יהָtaznuteihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularShe did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.here: prostitutions her
- Ezekiel 23:8תַזְנוּתָ֖םtaznutamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralShe did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.here: prostitution their
- Ezekiel 23:11תַּ֨זְנוּתֶ֔יהָtaznuteihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularHer sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.here: prostitutions her
- Ezekiel 23:14תַּזְנוּתֶ֑יהָtaznuteihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularBut Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion,here: prostitutions her
- Ezekiel 23:17בְּתַזְנוּתָ֑םbetaznutampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThen the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. But after she had been defiled by them, she turned away in disgust.here: by prostitution their
- Ezekiel 23:18תַּזְנוּתֶ֔יהָtaznuteihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularWhen Oholibah openly prostituted herself and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister.here: prostitutions her
- Ezekiel 23:19תַּזְנוּתֶ֑יהָtaznuteihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularYet she multiplied her promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth, when she had prostituted herself in the land of Egypthere: prostitutions her
- Ezekiel 23:29וְתַזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃vetaznutayikhconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularThey will treat you with hatred, take all for which you have worked, and leave you naked and bare, so that the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your indecency and promiscuityhere: and prostitutions your
- Ezekiel 23:35תַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃ סtaznutayikhnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and prostitution.’”here: prostitutions your
- Ezekiel 23:43תַזְנוּתֶ֖הָtaznutehanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThen I said of her who had grown old in adulteries: ‘Now let them use her as a prostitute, for that is all she is!’here: prostitutions her