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Strong's H8457 תַּזְנוּת (taznuth)

Taznuth means “fornication” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H8457
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 19
Books 1

Strong's H8457 Quick Answer

Strong's H8457 תַּזנוּת תַּזנוּת (taznuwth) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. taznuwth (taz-nooth') (or taznuth {taz-nooth'}) n-f. 1. harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry [from H2181] It has 19 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include whoredoms, whoredom, fornication, and fornications. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
taznuwth (taz-nooth') (or taznuth {taz-nooth'}) n-f. 1. harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry [from H2181]
Usage
19 linked usages
Books
1 indexed book
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
whoredoms, whoredom, fornication, and fornications

Meaning and Definition

taznuwth (taz-nooth') (or taznuth {taz-nooth'}) n-f. 1. harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry [from H2181] KJV: fornication, whoredom. Root(s): H2181

Original Word
תַּזנוּת תַּזנוּת
Transliteration
taznuwth
Derivation
Root: זנה First root strongs: 2181
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8457. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H8457 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render taznuwth, 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 Ezekiel 16:20 13× whoredom Ezekiel 16:33 fornication Ezekiel 16:26 fornications Ezekiel 16:15

How Strong's H8457 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 19 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H8457 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 H8457 in the Old Testament

19 indexed usages in Old Testament.

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 19 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8457.

Ezekiel 16:15 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 16:25 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.
Ezekiel 16:26 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied therewith.
Ezekiel 16:33 Old Testament, KJV
They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.
Ezekiel 16:34 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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.
Ezekiel 23:29 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Ezekiel 23:35 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
Ezekiel 23:43 Old Testament, KJV
Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8457, grouped by book.

Ezekiel 19 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H8457 FAQ

What does taznuth (תַּזְנוּת) mean?

Taznuth (Strong's H8457) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "fornication". taznuwth (taz-nooth') (or taznuth {taz-nooth'}) n-f. 1. harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry [from H2181]

How many times is taznuth (תַּזְנוּת) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 19 linked usages for Strong's H8457 across 1 book.

Where can I study taznuth (תַּזְנוּת) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8457 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate taznuth (תַּזְנוּת)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as whoredoms, whoredom, fornication, and fornications. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.