STRONGS NUMBER H2184


Word Summary
zenuth: fornication
Original Word: זְנוּת
Transliteration: zenuth
Phonetic Spelling: (zen-ooth')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: fornication
Meaning: adultery, infidelity, idolatry
Strong's Concordance
whoredom

From zanah; adultery, i.e. (figuratively) infidelity, idolatry -- whoredom.

see HEBREW zanah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2184. zenuth

זְנוּתnoun feminine abstract fornication; — ׳זHosea 4:11; 6:10; suffix זְנוּתֵךְJeremiah 13:27; Ezekiel 23:27; זְנוּתָהּJeremiah 3:9; זְנוּתָםEzekiel 43:7, 9; זְנוּתַיִךְJeremiah 3:2; זְנוּתֵיכֶםNumbers 14:38.

a. sexual Hosea 4:11.

b. international Ezekiel 23:27.

c. religious Numbers 14:33 (J) Jeremiah 3:2, 9; 13:27; Ezekiel 43:7, 9; Hosea 6:10 (where WeX1. Proph. suggests זָנִיתָ‎); compare זָנָה

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