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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary
Strong's #2181 - זָנָה
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1152) nz (זנ ZN) AC: Harvest CO: Mattock AB: ?: The pictograph z is a picture of an agricultural cutting implement such as the mattock or hoe. The n is a picture of a seed. Combined these mean "mattock of the seed". One of the many agricultural tools was a hoe or mattock. This implement had a wide blade for cutting a plant stalks at the roots. The crops were harvested for a supply of foods, which were stored in jars.
A) nz (זנ ZN) AC: ? CO: Harvest AB: ?
Nm ) nz (זנ ZN) - Kind: A species of plant or animal. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (7): kind, diverse kinds, all manners of store - Strongs: H2177 (זַן), H2178 (זַן)
B) nnz (זננ ZNN) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Whoredom: In the sense of being spread broad.
dm) nfnz (זנונ ZNWN) - Whoredom: KJV (12): whoredom - Strongs: H2183 (זְנוּנִים)
C) nza (אזנ AZN) AC: Hear CO: Ear AB: Balance: The broad ear for picking up sounds.
V) nza (אזנ AZN) - H (vf: Hiphil, Piel) |kjv: give ear, hearken, hear, gave good heed - Strongs: H238 (אָזַן), H239 (אָזַן)
Nm ) nza (אזנ AZN) - Weapon: A broad sharp blade like a mattock. KJV (1): weapon - Strongs: H240 (אָזֵן)
gf) nzfa (אוזנ AWZN) - KJV (187): ear, audience, hearing - Strongs: H241 (אֹזֶן)
agm ) nzafm (מואזנ MWAZN) - Balance: A pair of scales used for weighing. From the ear as the place where balance is determined. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (16): balances - Strongs: H3976 (מֹאזְנַיִם), H3977 (מֹאזְנֵא)
H) enz (זנה ZNH) AC: ? CO: Whore AB: Whoredom: In the sense of being spread broad.
V) enz (זנה ZNH) - Whore: KJV (93): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Pual) harlot, go whoring, whoredom, whore, commit fornication, whorish - Strongs: H2181 (זָנָה)
Nf3) tfnz (זנות ZNWT) - Whoredom: KJV (9): whoredom - Strongs: H2184 (זְנוּת)
if3) tfnzt (תזנות TZNWT) - Whoredom: KJV (20): whoredom, fornication - Strongs: H8457 (תַּזְנֻת)
J) nfz (זונ ZWN) AC: Feed CO: Food AB: ?: Food harvested from the crops or flock.
V) nfz (זונ ZWN) - Feed: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (2): (vf: Hophal) fed - Strongs: H2109 (זוּן), H2110 (זוּן)
Nf) nfz (זונ ZWN) - Flesh: KJV (1): armour - Strongs: H2185 (זֹנָה)
am) nfzm (מזונ MZWN) - Meat: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (4): meat, victuals - Strongs: H4202 (מָזוֹן), H4203 (מָזוֹן)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
זָנָה fut. יִזְנֶח apoc. וַיִּזֶן
(1) to commit fornication. (Arab. زنى coivit, to commit fornication; Syr. ܙܢܳܐ id.; Eth. ዘመወ፡, although Nun is retained in ዝኔት፡ semen coitus.) Attributed properly and chiefly to a woman; whether married (when it may be rendered, to commit adultery) or unmarried, Genesis 38:24; Leviticus 19:29; Hosea 3:3 and it is construed with an accusative following of the fornicator or adulterer, Jeremiah 3:1; Ezekiel 16:28; Isaiah 23:17 (unless אֶת in this place is with); also followed by בְּ (to commit fornication with), Ezekiel 16:17 אֶל Ezekiel 16:26, 28 Ezekiel 16:28 very often followed by אַחֲרֵי, prop. to go a whoring after, to follow a paramour, Ezekiel 16:34 Levit. 17:7 20:5, Leviticus 20:6; Deuteronomy 31:16, etc. On the other hand, מִן is put before the husband from whom the adulteress departs in committing whoredom, against whom she transgresses, Psalms 73:27 מֵאַחֲרֵי Hosea 1:2 מִתַּחַת Hosea 4:12, and תַּחַת Ezekiel 23:5 (comp. Numbers 5:19, 29 ); מֵעַל Hosea 9:1, and עַל Judges 19:2 (where, however, the reading is doubtful); Ezekiel 16:15 (she committed adultery with a husband; i.e. whilst she had a husband, she thus transgressed against him). Part. זוֹנָה a harlot, whore, prostitute, Genesis 38:15; Deuteronomy 23:19, and more fully אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה Leviticus 21:7; Joshua 2:1; Judges 11:1 nor are those to be listened to, who, in some passages, for instance in that cited from Joshua, understand a hostess, a keeper of a house of entertainment, from זוּן to feed. This word is rarely used of a male paramour, as Numbers 25:1, followed by אֶל (comp. Arab. زَان for زَانىُ a whoremonger).
(2) It is very often used figuratively
(a) of idolatry, [to go a whoring after strange gods, ] (the prophets shadowing forth the relation in which God stood to the people of Israel by the marriage union, see Hosea 1:2; Ezekiel 16:23 so that the people worshipping strange gods is compared to an adulterous woman). For the prepositions which follow, see above, No. 1. A very common expression is זָנָה אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים to go a whoring after strange gods, Leviticus 17:7, 20:5, Leviticus 20:6; Deuteronomy 31:16; Judges 2:17 also, זָנָה מִתַּחַת אֱלֹהָיו to go a whoring, departing from one’s own God, see above. The expression also is used זָנָה אַחֲרֵי הַגּוֹיִם to go a whoring after (i.e. imitating) the gentiles, Ezekiel 23:30.
(b) of superstitions connected with idolatry: זָנָה אַחֲרֵי הָאֹבוֹת to go a whoring after (following) necromancers, Levit. 20:6.
(c) of the commerce of gentile nations amongst themselves. Spoken of Tyre, Isaiah 23:17, “she committed fornication with all the peoples of the earth;” compare Nahum 3:4 and אֶתְנָן.
Pual זוּנָּה pass. Ezekiel 16:34.
Hiphil הִזְנָה fut. apoc. יֶזֶן
(1) to seduce to fornication, Exodus 34:16 to cause to commit fornication, Leviticus 19:29.
(2) intrans. like Kal, properly to commit fornication, Hosea 4:10, 18 5:3.
Derivatives, זְנוּנִים, זְנוּת, תַּזְנוּת.
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