אֶתְנַן etnan

Hebrew word for “wages” · Strong’s H868 · used 11 times in 8 verses

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Meaning

1) hire of prostitute, price; 1a) hire (of harlot); 1b) of idolatrous Israel, Jerusalem, Tyre (fig.)

How it is translated

Glosses given for etnan in context, with how often each is used:

• hire of a prostitute 5
• hire 4
• price 1
• hires 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 16 (3), Isaiah 23 (2), Deuteronomy 23 (1), Hosea 9 (1), Micah 1 (1)

Forms

• אתנן 6
• לאתננה 1
• ואתננה 1
• ואתנן 1
• אתנניה 1
• מאתנן 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with etnan more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• זָנָה zanah “to fornicate” 7
• שָׂרַף saraph “to burn” 2
• ךְ kh “you” 2
• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 2
• גַּם gam “also” 2
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 2
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 2

Key verses

The verses using etnan that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 23:18 — Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the…
• Isaiah 23:17 — And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all…
• Isaiah 23:18 — And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before…
• Ezekiel 16:31 — In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou…
• Ezekiel 16:34 — 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…
• Ezekiel 16:41 — And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot,…
• Hosea 9:1 — Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.
• Micah 1:7 — And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.