868. ethnan

Lexicon

ethnan: Hire, wages, payment, fee

Original Word: אֶתְנַן
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: ethnan
Pronunciation: et-nan
Phonetic Spelling: (eth-nan')
Definition: Hire, wages, payment, fee
Meaning: a gift

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

hire, reward

The same as 'ethnah; a gift (as the price of harlotry or idolatry) -- hire, reward.

see HEBREW 'ethnah

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
the wages (of a harlot)
NASB Translation
earnings (4), harlot's wages (2), hire (1), lovers (1), money (3).

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root verb נָתַן (natan), meaning "to give."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G744 (misthos): Refers to wages or reward, often used in the New Testament to denote the recompense for labor or service.
• G1390 (doma): A gift or present, emphasizing the act of giving.
• G3408 (misthos): Similar to G744, it denotes wages or reward, used in various contexts including spiritual recompense.
• G3410 (misthapodosia): Refers to the payment of wages or reward, often with a focus on divine recompense.

These Greek terms, while not direct translations of אֶתְנַן, share thematic elements of reward and payment, providing a broader understanding of the concept of recompense in both moral and spiritual contexts.

Usage: The term אֶתְנַן is used in the Hebrew Bible to denote the payment given to a prostitute. It carries a connotation of illicit or immoral gain, often used metaphorically to describe Israel's unfaithfulness to God through idolatry.

Context: אֶתְנַן appears in several key passages within the Hebrew Bible, illustrating its association with harlotry and idolatry. In Hosea 9:1, the prophet rebukes Israel for playing the harlot and receiving "the wages of a prostitute" on every threshing floor. Similarly, in Micah 1:7, the prophet declares that all the idols and their earnings will be destroyed, emphasizing that the "wages of a prostitute" will be burned with fire. The term is also found in Ezekiel 16:31-34, where Jerusalem is metaphorically described as an adulterous wife who gives gifts to her lovers, contrasting the usual practice of receiving payment. This usage underscores the spiritual adultery of Israel, highlighting the nation's unfaithfulness to God by pursuing other deities and alliances.

Forms and Transliterations

אֶתְנַ֖ן אֶתְנַ֥ן אֶתְנַ֨ן אֶתְנַנֶּ֙יהָ֙ אֶתְנָ֔ן אֶתְנָ֗ן אֶתְנָֽן׃ אתנן אתנן׃ אתנניה וְאֶתְנַ֛ן וְאֶתְנַנָּ֗הּ ואתנן ואתננה לְאֶתְנַנָּ֑ה לאתננה מֵאֶתְנַ֤ן מאתנן ’eṯ·nan ’eṯ·nān ’eṯ·nan·ne·hā ’eṯnan ’eṯnān ’eṯnannehā etNan etnanNeiha lə’eṯnannāh lə·’eṯ·nan·nāh leetnanNah mê’eṯnan mê·’eṯ·nan meetNan veetNan veetnanNah wə’eṯnan wə’eṯnannāh wə·’eṯ·nan wə·’eṯ·nan·nāh

Englishman's Concordance

Deuteronomy 23:18
HEB: לֹא־ תָבִיא֩ אֶתְנַ֨ן זוֹנָ֜ה וּמְחִ֣יר
NAS: You shall not bring the hire of a harlot
KJV: Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore,
INT: shall not bring the hire of a harlot the wages

Isaiah 23:17
HEB: צֹ֔ר וְשָׁבָ֖ה לְאֶתְנַנָּ֑ה וְזָֽנְתָ֛ה אֶת־
NAS: Then she will go back to her harlot's wages and will play the harlot
KJV: and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication
INT: Tyre will go to her harlot's and will play with

Isaiah 23:18
HEB: וְהָיָ֨ה סַחְרָ֜הּ וְאֶתְנַנָּ֗הּ קֹ֚דֶשׁ לַֽיהוָ֔ה
NAS: Her gain and her harlot's wages will be set apart
KJV: And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness
INT: will become her gain harlot's will be set to the LORD

Ezekiel 16:31
HEB: כַּזּוֹנָ֖ה לְקַלֵּ֥ס אֶתְנָֽן׃
NAS: in disdaining money, you were not like a harlot.
KJV: in that thou scornest hire;
INT: A harlot disdaining money

Ezekiel 16:34
HEB: זוּנָּ֑ה וּבְתִתֵּ֣ךְ אֶתְנָ֗ן וְאֶתְנַ֛ן לֹ֥א
NAS: as you do, because you give money and no
KJV: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward
INT: plays give money money and no

Ezekiel 16:34
HEB: וּבְתִתֵּ֣ךְ אֶתְנָ֗ן וְאֶתְנַ֛ן לֹ֥א נִתַּן־
NAS: and no money is given
KJV: a reward, and no reward is given
INT: give money money and no is given

Ezekiel 16:41
HEB: מִזּוֹנָ֔ה וְגַם־ אֶתְנַ֖ן לֹ֥א תִתְּנִי־
NAS: longer pay your lovers.
KJV: and thou also shalt give no hire any more.
INT: playing will also your lovers no pay

Hosea 9:1
HEB: אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ אָהַ֣בְתָּ אֶתְנָ֔ן עַ֖ל כָּל־
NAS: You have loved [harlots]' earnings on every
KJV: thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.
INT: your God have loved earnings on every

Micah 1:7
HEB: יֻכַּ֗תּוּ וְכָל־ אֶתְנַנֶּ֙יהָ֙ יִשָּׂרְפ֣וּ בָאֵ֔שׁ
NAS: All of her earnings will be burned
KJV: thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned
INT: will be smashed All of her earnings will be burned fire

Micah 1:7
HEB: שְׁמָמָ֑ה כִּ֠י מֵאֶתְנַ֤ן זוֹנָה֙ קִבָּ֔צָה
NAS: [them] from a harlot's earnings, And to the earnings
KJV: for she gathered [it] of the hire of an harlot,
INT: desolate for earnings A harlot's collected

Micah 1:7
HEB: קִבָּ֔צָה וְעַד־ אֶתְנַ֥ן זוֹנָ֖ה יָשֽׁוּבוּ׃
NAS: earnings, And to the earnings of a harlot
KJV: and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
INT: collected and to the earnings of a harlot will return

11 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 868
11 Occurrences

’eṯ·nan — 6 Occ.
’eṯ·nan·ne·hā — 1 Occ.
lə·’eṯ·nan·nāh — 1 Occ.
mê·’eṯ·nan — 1 Occ.
wə·’eṯ·nan — 1 Occ.
wə·’eṯ·nan·nāh — 1 Occ.