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Lexicon :: Strong's H8457 - taznûṯ

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תַּזְנוּת
Transliteration
taznûṯ
Pronunciation
taz-nooth'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 563c

Strong’s Definitions

תַּזְנוּת taznûwth, taz-nooth'; or תַּזְנֻת taznuth; from H2181; harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry:—fornication, whoredom.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H8457 in the following manner: whoredom (18x), fornication (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H8457 in the following manner: whoredom (18x), fornication (2x).

  1. fornication, harlotry

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תַּזְנוּת taznûwth, taz-nooth'; or תַּזְנֻת taznuth; from H2181; harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry:—fornication, whoredom.
STRONGS H8457: Abbreviations
† [תַּזְנוּת] noun feminine abstract fornication: — suffix תַּזְנוּתֵךְ Ezekiel 16:20 (Kt) Ezekiel 16:25 (Kt) Ezekiel 16:29; תַּזְנֻתֵךְ Ezekiel 16:26; תַּזְנוּתָם Ezekiel 23:8, 17; תַּזְנוּתַיִךְ Ezekiel 16:15, 34, 36; תַּזְנֻתַיִךְ Ezekiel 16:22; תַּזְנוּתָ֑יִךְ Ezekiel 16:20 (Qr) Ezekiel 16:25 (Qr) Ezekiel 16:33; Ezekiel 23:29, 35; תַּזְנוּתֶיהָ Ezekiel 23:7, 8, 11, 14, 18, 19, 43. These are all international mingled with religious references.
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Ezekiel

16:15; 16:20; 16:20; 16:22; 16:25; 16:25; 16:26; 16:29; 16:33; 16:34; 16:36; 23:7; 23:8; 23:8; 23:11; 23:14; 23:17; 23:18; 23:19; 23:29; 23:35; 23:43

H8457

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8457 matches the Hebrew תַּזְנוּת (taznûṯ),
which occurs 22 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:15 - “But you thought your fame and beauty were your own. So you gave yourself as a prostitute to every man who came along. Your beauty was theirs for the asking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:20 - “Then you took your sons and daughters—the children you had borne to me—and sacrificed them to your gods. Was your prostitution not enough?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:22 - In all your years of adultery and detestable sin, you have not once remembered the days long ago when you lay naked in a field, kicking about in your own blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:25 - On every street corner you defiled your beauty, offering your body to every passerby in an endless stream of prostitution.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:26 - Then you added lustful Egypt to your lovers, provoking my anger with your increasing promiscuity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:29 - You added to your lovers by embracing Babylonia,[fn] the land of merchants, but you still weren’t satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:33 - Prostitutes charge for their services—but not you! You give gifts to your lovers, bribing them to come and have sex with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:34 - So you are the opposite of other prostitutes. You pay your lovers instead of their paying you!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:36 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have poured out your lust and exposed yourself in prostitution to all your lovers, and because you have worshiped detestable idols,[fn] and because you have slaughtered your children as sacrifices to your gods,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:7 - And so she prostituted herself with the most desirable men of Assyria, worshiping their idols[fn] and defiling herself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:8 - For when she left Egypt, she did not leave her spirit of prostitution behind. She was still as lewd as in her youth, when the Egyptians slept with her, fondled her breasts, and used her as a prostitute.

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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 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:14 - “Then she carried her prostitution even further. She fell in love with pictures that were painted on a wall—pictures of Babylonian[fn] military officers, outfitted in striking red uniforms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:17 - So they came and committed adultery with her, defiling her in the bed of love. After being defiled, however, she rejected them in disgust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:18 - “In the same way, I became disgusted with Oholibah and rejected her, just as I had rejected her sister, because she flaunted herself before them and gave herself to satisfy their lusts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:19 - Yet she turned to even greater prostitution, remembering her youth when she was a prostitute in Egypt.

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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 Eze 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:35 - “And because you have forgotten me and turned your back on me, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: You must bear the consequences of all your lewdness and prostitution.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:43

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:43 - Then I said, ‘If they really want to have sex with old worn-out prostitutes like these, let them!’
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