זְנוּת
zᵉnûwth · zen-ooth'
adultery, i.e. (figuratively) infidelity, idolatry
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2181 (זָנָה);
adultery, i.e. (figuratively) infidelity, 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)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › the seed, life continuing › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
To cut, to sustain of the seed, life continuing that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זְנוּת 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- your whoredoms1 · 11%
- with thy whoredoms1 · 11%
- of her whoredom1 · 11%
- of thy whoredom1 · 11%
- from thee, and thy whoredom1 · 11%
- by their whoredom1 · 11%
- their whoredom1 · 11%
- whoredom1 · 11%
- there is the whoredom1 · 11%
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.