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תַּזְנוּת H8457
H8457 is the Hebrew word תַּזְנוּת, transliterated taznûwth and said taz-nooth'. The King James Version most often renders it whoredoms.
What it means
harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry.
Where it comes from
or תַּזְנֻת; from H2181 (זָנָה).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 14 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: fornication, whoredom.
Verses using תַּזְנוּת
All 14 verses, quoted in full.
Ezekiel 16:15 · KJV
But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.
Ezekiel 16:20 · KJV
Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,
Ezekiel 16:22 · KJV
And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.
Ezekiel 16:26 · KJV
Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.
Ezekiel 16:29 · KJV
Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
Ezekiel 16:34 · KJV
And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary.
Ezekiel 16:36 · KJV
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;
Ezekiel 23:7 · KJV
Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.
Ezekiel 23:8 · KJV
Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.
Ezekiel 23:11 · KJV
And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.
Ezekiel 23:14 · KJV
And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,
Ezekiel 23:17 · KJV
And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.
Ezekiel 23:18 · KJV
So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.
Ezekiel 23:19 · KJV
Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
Common questions
What does Strong's H8457 mean?
H8457 is the Hebrew word תַּזְנוּת (taznûwth), meaning harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry.
How is H8457 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it whoredoms (10 times), fornications (1 time), fornication (1 time), through thy whoredoms (1 time), whoredom (1 time).
How many times does H8457 appear in the Bible?
תַּזְנוּת (taznûwth) is tagged in 14 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8457 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or תַּזְנֻת; from H2181 (זָנָה).
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