8457. taznuth
Strong's Lexicon
taznuth: Harlotry, whoredom, unfaithfulness

Original Word: תַּזְנוּת
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: taznuwth
Pronunciation: taz-NOOTH
Phonetic Spelling: (taz-nooth')
Definition: Harlotry, whoredom, unfaithfulness
Meaning: harlotry, idolatry

Word Origin: Derived from the root זָנָה (zanah), meaning "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 "taznuth" is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe acts of sexual immorality, particularly those associated with idolatry and spiritual unfaithfulness. It often conveys a sense of betrayal and infidelity, not only in a physical sense but also in a spiritual context, where Israel's worship of other gods is likened to adultery against Yahweh.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, faithfulness to Yahweh was paramount, and idolatry was considered a grave sin. The use of "taznuth" reflects the cultural understanding of covenant relationships, both in marriage and in the nation's relationship with God. The metaphor of harlotry was a powerful image to convey the seriousness of Israel's spiritual adultery when they turned to other gods, as it was a direct violation of the covenant established at Sinai.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from zanah
Definition
fornication
NASB Translation
harlotries (14), harlotry (4), lust (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
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Or taznuth {taz-nooth'}; from zanah; harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry -- fornication, whoredom.

see HEBREW zanah

Forms and Transliterations
בְּתַזְנוּתַ֔יִךְ בְּתַזְנוּתַ֖יִךְ בְּתַזְנוּתָ֑ם בְּתַזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃ בתזנותיך בתזנותיך׃ בתזנותם וְתַזְנֻתַ֔יִךְ וְתַזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃ ותזנותיך׃ ותזנתיך מִתַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃ מתזנותיך׃ תַּ֨זְנוּתֶ֔יהָ תַּזְנֻתֵ֖ךְ תַּזְנוּתֵ֛ךְ תַּזְנוּתֶ֑יהָ תַּזְנוּתֶ֔יהָ תַּזְנוּתֶ֙יהָ֙ תַּזְנוּתֶ֤יהָ תַּזְנוּתַ֛יִךְ תַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃ תַזְנוּתֶ֖הָ תַזְנוּתָ֖ם תַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃ תזנותה תזנותיה תזנותיך תזנותיך׃ תזנותך תזנותם תזנתך bə·ṯaz·nū·ṯa·yiḵ bə·ṯaz·nū·ṯā·yiḵ bə·ṯaz·nū·ṯām betaznuTam bəṯaznūṯām betaznuTayich bəṯaznūṯayiḵ bəṯaznūṯāyiḵ mit·taz·nū·ṯā·yiḵ mittaznuTayich mittaznūṯāyiḵ taz·nū·ṯa·yiḵ taz·nū·ṯā·yiḵ ṯaz·nū·ṯām taz·nū·ṯe·hā ṯaz·nū·ṯe·hā taz·nu·ṯêḵ taz·nū·ṯêḵ taznuTam ṯaznūṯām taznuTayich taznūṯayiḵ taznūṯāyiḵ taznuTech taznuTeha taznūṯehā ṯaznūṯehā taznuTeiha taznuṯêḵ taznūṯêḵ vetaznuTayich wə·ṯaz·nu·ṯa·yiḵ wə·ṯaz·nū·ṯā·yiḵ wəṯaznuṯayiḵ wəṯaznūṯāyiḵ
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Ezekiel 16:15
HEB: וַתִּשְׁפְּכִ֧י אֶת־ תַּזְנוּתַ֛יִךְ עַל־ כָּל־
NAS: and you poured out your harlotries on every
KJV: and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by;
INT: of your fame poured your harlotries because every

Ezekiel 16:20
HEB: [מִתַּזְנֻתֵךְ כ] (מִתַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃ ק)
NAS: them to idols to be devoured. Were your harlotries so small
KJV: unto them to be devoured. [Is this] of thy whoredoms a small matter,
INT: to be devoured so cut down

Ezekiel 16:22
HEB: כָּל־ תּוֹעֲבֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ וְתַזְנֻתַ֔יִךְ לֹ֥א [זָכַרְתִּי
NAS: your abominations and harlotries you did not remember
KJV: And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered
INT: all your abominations and harlotries not burn

Ezekiel 16:25
HEB: [תַּזְנֻתֵךְ כ] (תַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃ ק)
NAS: passer-by to multiply your harlotry.
KJV: and multiplied thy whoredoms.
INT: passer-by to multiply cut down

Ezekiel 16:26
HEB: וַתַּרְבִּ֥י אֶת־ תַּזְנֻתֵ֖ךְ לְהַכְעִיסֵֽנִי׃
NAS: and multiplied your harlotry to make Me angry.
KJV: and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.
INT: of flesh and multiplied your harlotry to make

Ezekiel 16:29
HEB: וַתַּרְבִּ֧י אֶת־ תַּזְנוּתֵ֛ךְ אֶל־ אֶ֥רֶץ
NAS: You also multiplied your harlotry with the land
KJV: Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land
INT: multiplied your harlotry with the land

Ezekiel 16:33
HEB: אֵלַ֛יִךְ מִסָּבִ֖יב בְּתַזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃
NAS: to you from every direction for your harlotries.
KJV: unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.
INT: to you every your harlotries

Ezekiel 16:34
HEB: מִן־ הַנָּשִׁים֙ בְּתַזְנוּתַ֔יִךְ וְאַחֲרַ֖יִךְ לֹ֣א
NAS: from those women in your harlotries, in that no
KJV: is in thee from [other] women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth
INT: those women your harlotries followeth no

Ezekiel 16:36
HEB: וַתִּגָּלֶ֣ה עֶרְוָתֵ֔ךְ בְּתַזְנוּתַ֖יִךְ עַל־ מְאַהֲבָ֑יִךְ
NAS: uncovered through your harlotries with your lovers
KJV: discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers,
INT: uncovered and your nakedness your harlotries with your lovers

Ezekiel 23:7
HEB: וַתִּתֵּ֤ן תַּזְנוּתֶ֙יהָ֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם מִבְחַ֥ר
NAS: She bestowed her harlotries on them, all
KJV: Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them [that were] the chosen
INT: bestowed her harlotries them the choicest

Ezekiel 23:8
HEB: וְאֶת־ תַּזְנוּתֶ֤יהָ מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙ לֹ֣א
NAS: She did not forsake her harlotries from [the time in] Egypt;
KJV: Neither left she her whoredoms [brought] from Egypt:
INT: her harlotries Egypt did not

Ezekiel 23:8
HEB: בְתוּלֶ֑יהָ וַיִּשְׁפְּכ֥וּ תַזְנוּתָ֖ם עָלֶֽיהָ׃
NAS: and poured out their lust on her.
KJV: and poured their whoredom upon her.
INT: her virgin and poured their lust and

Ezekiel 23:11
HEB: מִמֶּ֑נָּה וְאֶת־ תַּ֨זְנוּתֶ֔יהָ מִזְּנוּנֵ֖י אֲחוֹתָֽהּ׃
NAS: than she, and her harlotries were more than
KJV: in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister
INT: her lust was more harlotries the harlotries of her sister

Ezekiel 23:14
HEB: וַתּ֖וֹסֶף אֶל־ תַּזְנוּתֶ֑יהָ וַתֵּ֗רֶא אַנְשֵׁי֙
NAS: So she increased her harlotries. And she saw
KJV: And [that] she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw
INT: increased about her harlotries saw men

Ezekiel 23:17
HEB: וַיְטַמְּא֥וּ אוֹתָ֖הּ בְּתַזְנוּתָ֑ם וַתִּ֨טְמָא־ בָ֔ם
NAS: and defiled her with their harlotry. And when she had been defiled
KJV: and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted
INT: of love and defiled their harlotry had been became

Ezekiel 23:18
HEB: וַתְּגַל֙ תַּזְנוּתֶ֔יהָ וַתְּגַ֖ל אֶת־
NAS: She uncovered her harlotries and uncovered
KJV: So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered
INT: uncovered her harlotries and uncovered her nakedness

Ezekiel 23:19
HEB: וַתַּרְבֶּ֖ה אֶת־ תַּזְנוּתֶ֑יהָ לִזְכֹּר֙ אֶת־
NAS: Yet she multiplied her harlotries, remembering
KJV: Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance
INT: multiplied her harlotries remembering the days

Ezekiel 23:29
HEB: זְנוּנַ֔יִךְ וְזִמָּתֵ֖ךְ וְתַזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃
NAS: both your lewdness and your harlotries.
KJV: both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
INT: of your harlotries your lewdness and your harlotries

Ezekiel 23:35
HEB: זִמָּתֵ֖ךְ וְאֶת־ תַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃ ס
NAS: the [punishment] of your lewdness and your harlotries.'
KJV: thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
INT: bear your lewdness whoredoms

Ezekiel 23:43
HEB: (יִזְנ֥וּ ק) תַזְנוּתֶ֖הָ וָהִֽיא׃
KJV: Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she [with them]?
INT: adulteries commit fornication whoredoms they

20 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8457
20 Occurrences


bə·ṯaz·nū·ṯām — 1 Occ.
bə·ṯaz·nū·ṯā·yiḵ — 3 Occ.
mit·taz·nū·ṯā·yiḵ — 1 Occ.
ṯaz·nū·ṯām — 1 Occ.
taz·nū·ṯa·yiḵ — 3 Occ.
taz·nu·ṯêḵ — 2 Occ.
ṯaz·nū·ṯe·hā — 1 Occ.
taz·nū·ṯe·hā — 6 Occ.
wə·ṯaz·nu·ṯa·yiḵ — 2 Occ.















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