Lexical Summary zenunim: fornication Original Word: זָנוּןTransliteration: zenunim Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-noon') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: fornication Meaning: adultery, idolatry Strong's Concordance whoredom From zanah; adultery; figuratively, idolatry -- whoredom. see HEBREW zanah Brown-Driver-Briggs H2183. zenunim זְנוּנִים noun [masculine] fornication, plural abstract intensive (Ol§ 215 a; DlPr. 74, derived from √ זנן, Assyrian zanânu, fill full, compare Dlib.73) — ׳ז Hosea 1:2 5t., construct זְנוּנֵי Nahum 3:4 2t., זְנוּנַיִךְ Ezekiel 23:29, זְנוּנֶיהָ Hosea 2:4; Nahum 3:4. a., sexual Genesis 38:24 (J) Hosea 1:2 (twice in verse). b. international Nahum 3:4 (twice in verse). c. religious 2 Kings 9:22; Ezekiel 23:11, 29; Hosea 2:4; 2:6; 4:12; 5:4. |