תַּזְנוּת
taznûwth · taz-nooth'
harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry
Lexicon
Derivation: or תַּזְנֻת; from H2181 (זָנָה);
harlotry, i.e. (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: fornication, whoredom.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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)
the mark, the covenant sign › to cut, to sustain › the seed, life continuing › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
The mark, the covenant sign that works 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 תַּזְנוּת 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- her whoredoms4 · 20%
- and thy whoredoms3 · 15%
- thy whoredoms2 · 10%
- thy fornications1 · 5%
- is this of thy whoredoms1 · 5%
- thy fornication1 · 5%
- for thy whoredom1 · 5%
- in thy whoredoms1 · 5%
- through thy whoredoms1 · 5%
- she her whoredoms1 · 5%
- their whoredom1 · 5%
- than she, and in her whoredoms1 · 5%
- her with their whoredom1 · 5%
- whoredoms1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
- Ezekiel20
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.