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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Hebrew: 866. אֶתְנָה (ethnah) -- Gift, hire, wages</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/866.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/hosea/2-12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/hebrew/866.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Hebrew</a> > 866</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrew/865b.htm" title="865b">◄</a> 866. ethnah <a href="../hebrew/867.htm" title="867">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">ethnah: Gift, hire, wages</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">אֶתְנָה</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>ethnah<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>et-nah<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(eth-naw')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Gift, hire, wages<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a present<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the root word נָתַן (natan), meaning "to give."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Greek equivalent often used in the Septuagint for similar contexts is μισθός (misthos), which also means wages or reward.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "ethnah" is used in the Hebrew Bible to refer to a gift or payment, often in the context of wages or hire. It can carry a neutral or negative connotation depending on the context, sometimes referring to the wages of a harlot or the payment for services rendered.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, the concept of payment or wages was integral to societal transactions, whether in labor, trade, or other services. The term "ethnah" reflects the economic practices of the time, where compensation was often given in tangible goods or currency. In biblical contexts, it sometimes highlights the moral and ethical dimensions of economic exchanges, especially when associated with illicit or immoral activities.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/8566.htm">tanah</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>the wages (of a harlot)<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>wages (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">אֶתְנָה</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun feminine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>hire</b></font> of a harlot; — <font class="hebrew2">אֿ</font> absolute, <a href="/interlinear/hosea/2-14.htm">Hosea 2:14</a> (in figurative of Israel as adulteress); — on <font class="hebrew2">אֶתְנַן</font> (which We Now Marti read here also) see II. <font class="hebrew2">תנן</font>. <p> <font class="hebrew2">אֶתְנַן</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font><sup>Ezekiel 16:34</sup> <font size="+1"><b>hire</b></font> of harlot ( = <font class="hebrew2">אֶתְנָה</font>); — absolute <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">א</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/16-34.htm">Ezekiel 16:34</a>,41, <font class="hebrew2">אֶתְנָ֑ן</font> <a href="/interlinear/hosea/9-1.htm">Hosea 9:1</a> +; construct <font class="hebrew2">אֶתְנַן</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Deuteronomy 23:19</a> +; suffix <font class="hebrew2">אֶתְנַנָּהּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/23-18.htm">Isaiah 23:18</a>, <font class="hebrew2">נַָּ֯הֿ</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/23-17.htm">Isaiah 23:17</a>; plural suffix <font class="hebrew2">אֶתְנַנֶּיהָ</font> <a href="/interlinear/micah/1-7.htm">Micah 1:7</a>a (We proposes <font class="hebrew2">אֲשֵׁרֶיהָ</font>, compare Now Marti); — harlot's <em>hire</em>, <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Deuteronomy 23:19</a> (<font class="hebrew2">זוֺנָה</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">א</font>); elsewhere in figure: of idolatrous Israel <a href="/interlinear/hosea/9-1.htm">Hosea 9:1</a>, Jerusalem <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/16-31.htm">Ezekiel 16:31</a>,34 (twice in verse); <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/16-41.htm">Ezekiel 16:41</a>, Tyre <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/23-17.htm">Isaiah 23:17,18</a>; of costly idols of Samaria <a href="/interlinear/micah/1-7.htm">Micah 1:7</a> b. 7 c, compare <a href="/interlinear/micah/1-7.htm">Micah 1:7</a> a (see above). <p><font class="hebrew2">תִּנְשֶׁ֫מֶת</font> see [<font class="hebrew2">נשׁם</font>]. <p><font class="hebrew2">תעב</font> (√of following; <font class="hebrew2">תאב</font> (see [ <font class="hebrew2">תָּעַב</font>] <a href="/interlinear/amos/6-8.htm">Amos 6:8</a>) is erroneous; compare Late Hebrew <font class="hebrew2">תּוֺעֵבָה</font>, <font class="hebrew2">תעב</font> Pi; Phoenician <font class="hebrew2">תעבת</font>, Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">תּוֺעֵבָא</font>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>reward <p>From <a href="/hebrew/8566.htm">tanah</a>; a present (as the price of harlotry) -- reward. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/8566.htm">tanah</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>אֶתְנָ֥ה אתנה ’eṯ·nāh ’eṯnāh etNah<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/hosea/2-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hosea 2:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/hosea/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמְרָ֗ה <b> אֶתְנָ֥ה </b> הֵ֙מָּה֙ לִ֔י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hosea/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> These <span class="itali">are my wages</span> Which<br><a href="/kjvs/hosea/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> whereof she hath said, <span class="itali">These [are] my rewards</span> that my lovers<br><a href="/interlinear/hosea/2-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of which said <span class="itali">are my wages</span> These Which<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_866.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_866.htm">Strong's Hebrew 866<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/etnah_866.htm">’eṯ·nāh — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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