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Lexicon :: Strong's H2183 - zᵊnûnîm

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זְנוּנִים
Transliteration
zᵊnûnîm
Pronunciation
zaw-noon'
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Part of Speech
masculine plural noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 563a

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: זנונים (Gesenius) זנון (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

זָנוּן zânûwn, zaw-noon'; from H2181; adultery; figuratively, idolatry:—whoredom.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H2183 in the following manner: whoredoms (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H2183 in the following manner: whoredoms (12x).

  1. adultery, fornication, prostitution

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זָנוּן zânûwn, zaw-noon'; from H2181; adultery; figuratively, idolatry:—whoredom.
STRONGS H2183: Abbreviations
† 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 + 5 times, construct זְנוּנֵי Nahum 3:4 + 2 times, 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; Hosea 2:6; Hosea 4:12; Hosea 5:4.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:24

2 Kings

9:22

Ezekiel

23:11; 23:29; 23:29

Hosea

1:2; 1:2; 2:4; 2:4; 2:6; 4:12; 5:4

Nahum

3:4; 3:4; 3:4

H2183

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2183 matches the Hebrew זְנוּנִים (zᵊnûnîm),
which occurs 12 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:24 - About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has acted like a prostitute. And now, because of this, she’s pregnant.”
“Bring her out, and let her be burned!” Judah demanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:22 - King Joram demanded, “Do you come in peace, Jehu?”
Jehu replied, “How can there be peace as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother, Jezebel, are all around us?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:11 - “Yet even though Oholibah saw what had happened to Oholah, her sister, she followed right in her footsteps. And she was even more depraved, abandoning herself to her lust and prostitution.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:29 - They will treat you with hatred and rob you of all you own, leaving you stark naked. The shame of your prostitution will be exposed to all the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:2 - When the LORD first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, he said to him, “Go and marry a prostitute,[fn] so that some of her children will be conceived in prostitution. This will illustrate how Israel has acted like a prostitute by turning against the LORD and worshiping other gods.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:2 - “But now bring charges against Israel—your mother—
for she is no longer my wife,
and I am no longer her husband.
Tell her to remove the prostitute’s makeup from her face
and the clothing that exposes her breasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:4 - And I will not love her children,
for they were conceived in prostitution.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:12 - They ask a piece of wood for advice!
They think a stick can tell them the future!
Longing after idols
has made them foolish.
They have played the prostitute,
serving other gods and deserting their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:4 - Your deeds won’t let you return to your God.
You are a prostitute through and through,
and you do not know the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:4 - All this because Nineveh,
the beautiful and faithless city,
mistress of deadly charms,
enticed the nations with her beauty.
She taught them all her magic,
enchanting people everywhere.
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