Wages
אֶתְנַןStrong’s H0868etnan (et-nan)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Etnan is the Hebrew word usually translated “hire of a prostitute”, “price of” and “hire its”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“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 LORD thy God.”
Meaning
- Hire of prostitute, pricehire (of harlot) · of idolatrous Israel, Jerusalem, Tyre (fig.)
How it's translated
- hire of a prostitute 4
- price of 1
- to hire its 1
- and hire its 1
- and hire of a prostitute 1
- hire its 1
- from hire of 1
- hire of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 3
- Isaiah 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- Hosea 1
- Micah 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Isaiah 23:17And 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 the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
- Isaiah 23:18And 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 the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
- Ezekiel 16:31In 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 scornest hire;
- Ezekiel 16:34And 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 16:41And 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, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.
- Hosea 9:1Rejoice 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.
Hebrew dictionary
אֶתְנַן etnan · wages
1) hire of prostitute, price 1a) hire (of harlot) 1b) of idolatrous Israel, Jerusalem, Tyre (fig.)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wages” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WAGES, noun
plural in termination, but singular in signification.
- Hire; reward; that which is paid or stipulated for services; but chiefly for services by manual labor, or for military and naval services.“Tell me, what shall thy wages be?” Genesis 29:15“Be content with your wages” Luke 3:14
- Reward; fruit; recompense; that which is given or received in return.“The wages of sin is death” Romans 6:23
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.