2183. zenunim

Strong's Lexicon

zenunim: Harlotry, whoredom, fornication, adultery

Original Word: זָנוּן
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: zanuwn
Pronunciation: zeh-noo-neem
Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-noon')
Definition: Harlotry, whoredom, fornication, adultery
Meaning: adultery, idolatry

Word Origin: Derived from the root זָנָה (zanah), which means "to commit fornication" or "to be unfaithful."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G4202 (πορνεία, porneia): Often translated as "fornication" or "sexual immorality," used in the New Testament to describe similar acts of unfaithfulness and immorality.

Usage: The term "zenunim" refers to acts of sexual immorality, often used metaphorically to describe spiritual unfaithfulness or idolatry. It conveys a sense of betrayal and infidelity, both in a physical and spiritual sense. In the Hebrew Bible, it is frequently used to describe Israel's unfaithfulness to God through idolatry and alliances with foreign nations.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, sexual immorality was not only a personal sin but also a communal concern, as it could lead to the defilement of the land and the people. The metaphor of harlotry was a powerful image in the prophetic literature, illustrating Israel's covenantal unfaithfulness to Yahweh. The prophets often used this imagery to call the nation to repentance and to return to their exclusive devotion to God.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from zanah
Definition
fornication
NASB Translation
harlotries (5), harlotry (8).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

זְנוּנִים noun [masculine] fornication, plural abstract intensive (Ol^{§ 215 a}; Dl^{Pr. 74}, derived from √ זנן, Assyrian zanânu, fill full, compare Dl^ib.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; Hosea 2:6; Hosea 4:12; Hosea 5:4.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

whoredom

From zanah; adultery; figuratively, idolatry -- whoredom.

see HEBREW zanah

Forms and Transliterations

בִּזְנוּנֶ֔יהָ בזנוניה זְנוּנִ֔ים זְנוּנִ֖ים זְנוּנִים֙ זְנוּנֵ֞י זְנוּנֶ֙יהָ֙ זְנוּנַ֔יִךְ זנוני זנוניה זנוניך זנונים לִזְנוּנִ֑ים לזנונים מִזְּנוּנֵ֖י מזנוני biz·nū·ne·hā biznūnehā biznuNeiha liz·nū·nîm liznuNim liznūnîm miz·zə·nū·nê mizzənūnê mizzenuNei zə·nū·na·yiḵ zə·nū·nê zə·nū·ne·hā zə·nū·nîm zenuNayich zənūnayiḵ zənūnê zənūnehā zenuNei zenuNeiha zenuNim zənūnîm

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 38:24
HEB: הִנֵּ֥ה הָרָ֖ה לִזְנוּנִ֑ים וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוּדָ֔ה
NAS: with child by harlotry. Then Judah
KJV: and also, behold, she [is] with child by whoredom. And Judah
INT: and behold child harlotry said Judah

2 Kings 9:22
HEB: הַשָּׁל֔וֹם עַד־ זְנוּנֵ֞י אִיזֶ֧בֶל אִמְּךָ֛
NAS: so long as the harlotries of your mother
KJV: so long as the whoredoms of thy mother
INT: peace so as the harlotries Jezebel of your mother

Ezekiel 23:11
HEB: וְאֶת־ תַּ֨זְנוּתֶ֔יהָ מִזְּנוּנֵ֖י אֲחוֹתָֽהּ׃
NAS: were more than the harlotries of her sister.
KJV: more than her sister in [her] whoredoms.
INT: was more harlotries the harlotries of her sister

Ezekiel 23:29
HEB: וְנִגְלָה֙ עֶרְוַ֣ת זְנוּנַ֔יִךְ וְזִמָּתֵ֖ךְ וְתַזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃
NAS: And the nakedness of your harlotries will be uncovered,
KJV: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered,
INT: will be uncovered and the nakedness of your harlotries your lewdness and your harlotries

Hosea 1:2
HEB: לְךָ֞ אֵ֤שֶׁת זְנוּנִים֙ וְיַלְדֵ֣י זְנוּנִ֔ים
NAS: to yourself a wife of harlotry and [have] children
KJV: unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children
INT: take A wife of harlotry and children of harlotry

Hosea 1:2
HEB: זְנוּנִים֙ וְיַלְדֵ֣י זְנוּנִ֔ים כִּֽי־ זָנֹ֤ה
NAS: and [have] children of harlotry; for the land
KJV: and children of whoredoms: for the land
INT: of harlotry and children of harlotry for commits

Hosea 2:2
HEB: אִישָׁ֑הּ וְתָסֵ֤ר זְנוּנֶ֙יהָ֙ מִפָּנֶ֔יה וְנַאֲפוּפֶ֖יהָ
NAS: And let her put away her harlotry from her face
KJV: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight,
INT: her husband her put her harlotry her face adultery

Hosea 2:4
HEB: כִּֽי־ בְנֵ֥י זְנוּנִ֖ים הֵֽמָּה׃
NAS: Because they are children of harlotry.
KJV: for they [be] the children of whoredoms.
INT: Because are children of harlotry like

Hosea 4:12
HEB: כִּ֣י ר֤וּחַ זְנוּנִים֙ הִתְעָ֔ה וַיִּזְנ֖וּ
NAS: them; For a spirit of harlotry has led [them] astray,
KJV: unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused [them] to err,
INT: For A spirit of harlotry has led have played

Hosea 5:4
HEB: כִּ֣י ר֤וּחַ זְנוּנִים֙ בְּקִרְבָּ֔ם וְאֶת־
NAS: For a spirit of harlotry is within
KJV: for the spirit of whoredoms [is] in the midst
INT: For A spirit of harlotry is within the LORD

Nahum 3:4
HEB: הַמֹּכֶ֤רֶת גּוֹיִם֙ בִּזְנוּנֶ֔יהָ וּמִשְׁפָּח֖וֹת בִּכְשָׁפֶֽיהָ׃
NAS: of the many harlotries of the harlot,
KJV: Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured
INT: sells nations harlotries and families her sorceries

11 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2183
11 Occurrences

biz·nū·ne·hā — 1 Occ.
liz·nū·nîm — 1 Occ.
miz·zə·nū·nê — 1 Occ.
zə·nū·na·yiḵ — 1 Occ.
zə·nū·nê — 1 Occ.
zə·nū·ne·hā — 1 Occ.
zə·nū·nîm — 5 Occ.