אֶתְנַןʼethnan
אֶתְנָה: hire, of a harlot (Hosea 2:14)
Pronunciation: eth-nan' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H868
Meanings
אֶתְנַן: hire, of harlot (= אֶתְנָה) (Ezekiel 16:34; Ezekiel 16:41; Hosea 9:1; Deuteronomy 23:19; Isaiah 23:18)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 23:18 When you are bringing an offering to fulfill a vow, you must not bring to the house of the Lord your God any offering from the earnings of a prostitute, whether a man or a woman, for both are detestable to the Lord your God.
- Isaiah 23:17 Yes, after seventy years the Lord will revive Tyre. But she will be no different than she was before. She will again be a prostitute to all kingdoms around the world.
- Isaiah 23:18 But in the end her profits will be given to the Lord. Her wealth will not be hoarded but will provide good food and fine clothing for the Lord’s priests.
- Ezekiel 16:31 You build your pagan shrines on every street corner and your altars to idols in every square. In fact, you have been worse than a prostitute, so eager for sin that you have not even demanded payment.
- Ezekiel 16:34 So you are the opposite of other prostitutes. You pay your lovers instead of their paying you!
- Ezekiel 16:41 They will burn your homes and punish you in front of many women. I will stop your prostitution and end your payments to your many lovers.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).