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זְנוּת H2184

H2184 is the Hebrew word זְנוּת, transliterated zᵉnûwth and said zen-ooth'. The King James Version most often renders it whoredom.

Word: זְנוּתTransliteration: zᵉnûwthSaid: zen-ooth'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 9 verses

What it means

adultery, i.e. (figuratively) infidelity, idolatry.

Where it comes from

from H2181 (זָנָה).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 9 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

whoredom 7×whoredoms 2×

Strong's own list of renderings: whoredom.

Verses using זְנוּת

All 9 verses, quoted in full.

Numbers 14:33 · KJV

And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.

Jeremiah 3:2 · KJV

Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

Jeremiah 3:9 · KJV

And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

Jeremiah 13:27 · KJV

I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?

Ezekiel 23:27 · KJV

Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.

Ezekiel 43:7 · KJV

And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.

Ezekiel 43:9 · KJV

Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

Hosea 4:11 · KJV

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

Hosea 6:10 · KJV

I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

Common questions

What does Strong's H2184 mean?

H2184 is the Hebrew word זְנוּת (zᵉnûwth), meaning adultery, i.e. (figuratively) infidelity, idolatry.

How is H2184 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it whoredom (7 times), whoredoms (2 times).

How many times does H2184 appear in the Bible?

זְנוּת (zᵉnûwth) is tagged in 9 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2184 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H2181 (זָנָה).

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