King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2183
Transliteration: zenunim
Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-noon')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: fornication
Meaning: adultery, idolatry
Word Summary
zenunim: fornication
Original Word: זָנוּןTransliteration: zenunim
Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-noon')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: fornication
Meaning: adultery, idolatry
Strong's Concordance
whoredom From zanah; adultery; figuratively, idolatry -- whoredom.
see HEBREW zanah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2183. zenunim
זְנוּנִים noun [masculine] fornication, plural abstract intensive (Ol§ 215 a; DlPr. 74, derived from √ זנן, Assyrian zanânu, fill full, compare Dlib.73) — ׳ז Hosea 1:2 5t., construct זְנוּנֵי Nahum 3:4 2t., זְנוּנַיִךְ Ezekiel 23:29, זְנוּנֶיהָ Hosea 2:4; Nahum 3:4.
a., sexual Genesis 38:24 (J) Hosea 1:2 (twice in verse).
b. international Nahum 3:4 (twice in verse).
c. religious 2 Kings 9:22; Ezekiel 23:11, 29; Hosea 2:4; 2:6; 4:12; 5:4.