Word Study · Strong's H868 · Hebrew
אֶתְנַן
ethnan
eth-nan'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼethnan
“a gift (as the price of harlotry or idolatry)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a gift (as the price of harlotry or idolatry)
Rendered in the KJV as
hire, reward.
- 11occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 11 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- אֶתְנַ֨ן1
- אֶתְנַ֖ן1
- אֶתְנַ֥ן1
- אֶתְנָ֗ן1
- אֶתְנָ֔ן1
- אֶתְנָֽן׃1
- אֶתְנַנֶּ֙יהָ֙1
- וְאֶתְנַ֛ן1
- וְאֶתְנַנָּ֗הּ1
- לְאֶתְנַנָּ֑ה1
- מֵאֶתְנַ֤ן1
How it is rendered · 8
- [the] hire of a prostitute4
- [the] hire of1
- [the] price of1
- and [the] hire of a prostitute1
- and hire its1
- from [the] hire of1
- hires its1
- to hire its1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- noun · masculine singular4
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 4
- HNcmsc · 2
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp3fs · 1
- HNcmpc/Sp3fs · 1
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
- HR/Ncmsc/Sp3fs · 1
All 11, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 23:17לְאֶתְנַנָּ֑הleetnanahpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularAnd at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.here: to hire its
- Isaiah 23:18וְאֶתְנַנָּ֗הּveetnanahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularYet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.here: and hire its
Ezekiel4 occurrences
- Ezekiel 16:31אֶתְנָֽן׃ʾetnannoun · masculine singularBut when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.here: [the] hire of a prostitute
- Ezekiel 16:34אֶתְנָ֗ןʾetnannoun · masculine 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: [the] hire of a prostitute
- Ezekiel 16:34וְאֶתְנַ֛ןveetnanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine 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: and [the] hire of a prostitute
- Ezekiel 16:41אֶתְנַ֖ןʾetnannoun · masculine singularThen they will burn down your houses and execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will never again pay your lovers.here: [the] hire of a prostitute
Micah3 occurrences
- Micah 1:7אֶתְנַנֶּ֙יהָ֙ʾetnaneihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularAll her carved images will be smashed to pieces; all her wages will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again on a prostitute.here: hires its
- Micah 1:7מֵאֶתְנַ֤ןmeetnanpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)All her carved images will be smashed to pieces; all her wages will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again on a prostitute.here: from [the] hire of
- Micah 1:7אֶתְנַ֥ןʾetnannoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)All her carved images will be smashed to pieces; all her wages will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again on a prostitute.here: [the] hire of
Same headword in Strong's