זָנוּן
zânûwn · zaw-noon'
adultery; figuratively, idolatry
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2181 (זָנָה);
adultery; figuratively, idolatry
- adultery
- figuratively, idolatry
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: whoredom.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › the seed, life continuing › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To cut, to sustain of the seed, life continuing that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זָנוּן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of whoredoms5 · 42%
- by whoredom1 · 8%
- the whoredoms1 · 8%
- in her whoredoms1 · 8%
- of thy whoredoms1 · 8%
- her whoredoms1 · 8%
- of the whoredoms1 · 8%
- through her whoredoms1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.