Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
fornication
Usage: adultery, fornication, prostitution
Strong's Number
H2183
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
10
Books
5
Strong's H2183 Quick Answer
Strong's H2183 זָנוּן (zanuwn) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. zanuwn (zaw-noon') n-m. 1. adultery 2. (figuratively) idolatry It has 10 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include whoredoms and whoredom. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- zanuwn (zaw-noon') n-m. 1. adultery 2. (figuratively) idolatry
- Usage
- 10 linked usages
- Books
- 5 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- whoredoms and whoredom
Meaning and Definition
zanuwn (zaw-noon') n-m. 1. adultery 2. (figuratively) idolatry [from H2181] KJV: whoredom. Root(s): H2181
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2183. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H2183 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render zanuwn, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
whoredoms
2 Kings 9:22
8×
whoredom
Hosea 1:2
How Strong's H2183 Usage Compares
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 10 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H2183 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H2183 in the Old Testament
10 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
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.
Usage Excerpts
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2183.
And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
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.
And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.
Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2183, grouped by book.
Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 5 usages, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Strong's H2183 FAQ
What does zanun (זָנוּן) mean?
Zanun (Strong's H2183) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "whoredom". zanuwn (zaw-noon') n-m. 1. adultery 2. (figuratively) idolatry
How many times is zanun (זָנוּן) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's H2183 across 5 books.
Where can I study zanun (זָנוּן) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2183 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate zanun (זָנוּן)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as whoredoms and whoredom. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.