H8457 — תַּזְנוּת (taznûwth)

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Strong's H8457 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: תַּזְנוּת (taznûwth)

Pronunciation: taz-nooth'

Morphology: n-f

Derivation: or תַּזְנֻת (taznuth); from זָנָה (zânâh) [H2181];

Definition: harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry

KJV Renderings: fornication, whoredom.

Senses

  1. fornication, harlotry

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
G2041 ἔργον érgon from a primary (but obsolete) ἔργω (érgō) (to work) toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication, an act deed, doing, labour, work
G4202 πορνεία porneía from G4203 harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry fornication
H2181 זָנָה zânâh a primitive root (highly-fed and therefore wanton) to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah) (cause to) commit fornication, [idiom] continually, [idiom] great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.