זְנוּת
zĕnût
fornication
Strong's H2184NounHebrewTWOT 563b

זְנוּת (zĕnût) is a Hebrew noun meaning fornication. It appears 9 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2184).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 563b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 563b)fornication; adultery, infidelity, idolatry; whoredom
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

זְנוּת noun, feminine, abstract: fornication

Strong's H2184 זְנוּת: adultery, i.e. (figuratively) infidelity, idolatry
KJV:whoredom.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 563: זָנָה zānâ — commit fornication, be a harlot; be, act as a harlot, of improper intercourse with foreign nations, of intercourse with other deities; cause to commit fornication; commit adultery, commit idolatry, harlots; whore, whoredom…

See it in Scripture

Numbers 14:33Jeremiah 3:2Ezekiel 23:27

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