What does אֶתְנַן (ʾetĕnan) mean in the Bible?
אֶתְנַן (ʾetĕnan): Illicit payment or wages earned through morally corrupt means, especially sexual or idolatrous commerce.
Hebrew · H868
אֶתְנַן
A gift (as the price of harlotry or idolatry)
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אֶתְנַן H868
Pronunciation ʾetĕnan
What does אֶתְנַן (ʾetĕnan) mean in the Bible?
אֶתְנַן (ʾetĕnan): Illicit payment or wages earned through morally corrupt means, especially sexual or idolatrous commerce.
Full entry for אֶתְנַן (H868) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H868?
The BSB source-word alignment has 11 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the wages (2), [for] hire (1), a fee (1), and wages (1), her wages (1).
Where does אֶתְנַן (ʾetĕnan) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Deuteronomy 23:18. Its strongest book concentrations include Ezekiel (4), Micah (3), Isaiah (2), Deuteronomy (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It the wages 2× Deuteronomy 23:18, Micah 1:7
[for] hire 1× Hosea 9:1
a fee 1× Ezekiel 16:34
and wages 1× Isaiah 23:18
her wages 1× Micah 1:7
one 1× Ezekiel 16:34
payment 1× Ezekiel 16:31
they 1× Micah 1:7
to hire 1× Isaiah 23:17
your lovers 1× Ezekiel 16:41
Show sample aligned rows
Deuteronomy 23:18 אֶתְנַ֨ן to the wages Noun - masculine singular construct Isaiah 23:17 לְאֶתְנַנָּ֑ה to to hire Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Isaiah 23:18 וְאֶתְנַנָּ֗הּ to and wages Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Ezekiel 16:31 אֶתְנָֽן׃ to payment Noun - masculine singular Ezekiel 16:34 אֶתְנָ֗ן to a fee Noun - masculine singular Ezekiel 16:34 וְאֶתְנַ֛ן to one Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Ezekiel 16:41 אֶתְנַ֖ן to your lovers Noun - masculine singular Hosea 9:1 אֶתְנָ֔ן to [for] hire Noun - masculine singular Micah 1:7 אֶתְנַנֶּ֙יהָ֙ to her wages Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Micah 1:7 מֵאֶתְנַ֤ן to the wages Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Deuteronomy 23:18
Aligned rows 11
Books represented 5
Deuteronomy 1 Isaiah 2 Ezekiel 4 Hosea 1 Micah 3
Source forms
אֶתְנַ֨ן 1x ’eṯ·nan Deuteronomy 23:18
אֶתְנַ֖ן 1x ’eṯ·nan Ezekiel 16:41
אֶתְנַ֥ן 1x ’eṯ·nan Micah 1:7
אֶתְנָ֗ן 1x ’eṯ·nān Ezekiel 16:34
אֶתְנָ֔ן 1x ’eṯ·nān Hosea 9:1
אֶתְנָֽן׃ 1x ’eṯ·nān Ezekiel 16:31
אֶתְנַנֶּ֙יהָ֙ 1x ’eṯ·nan·ne·hā Micah 1:7
וְאֶתְנַ֛ן 1x wə·’eṯ·nan Ezekiel 16:34
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 4x Ezekiel 16:31, Ezekiel 16:34, Ezekiel 16:41, Hosea 9:1
Noun - masculine singular construct 2x Deuteronomy 23:18, Micah 1:7
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 1x Ezekiel 16:34
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular 1x Isaiah 23:18
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular 1x Micah 1:7
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular 1x Isaiah 23:17
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Micah 1:7
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Illicit payment or wages earned through morally corrupt means, especially sexual or idolatrous commerce.
Source Gloss
a gift (as the price of harlotry or idolatry)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Illicit payment or wages earned through morally corrupt means, especially sexual or idolatrous commerce.
a gift (as the price of harlotry or idolatry) BDB: hire Usage: hire, reward.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
אֶתְנַן is built from this root:
אֶתְנָה H866
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain