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Ethnan <a href="../hebrew/870.htm" title="870">►</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">Ethnan: Hire, Wages, Payment</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">אֶתְנַן</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Ethnan<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>eth-nan<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(eth-nan')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Hire, Wages, Payment<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Ethnan<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 concepts is πόρνη (pornē), which refers to a prostitute or harlot, and μισθός (misthos), meaning wages or reward.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "ethnan" refers specifically to the payment or wages given to a prostitute. It is used in the context of illicit or immoral earnings, often highlighting the spiritual adultery of Israel when they turned away from God to worship idols. The term underscores the transactional nature of sin and idolatry, contrasting it with the covenantal relationship God desires with His people.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, prostitution was often linked with pagan religious practices. Temples dedicated to various deities sometimes employed cult prostitutes, and the earnings from such activities were considered offerings to the gods. In the Hebrew Bible, the use of "ethnan" serves as a metaphor for Israel's unfaithfulness to Yahweh, as they pursued other gods and engaged in practices contrary to the covenant.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of uncertain derivation<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>an Isr.<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Ethnan (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">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Ethnan <p>The same as <a href="/hebrew/868.htm">'ethnan</a> in the sense of <a href="/hebrew/867.htm">'Ethniy</a>; Ethnan, an Israelite -- Ethnan. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/868.htm">'ethnan</a> <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/867.htm">'Ethniy</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וְאֶתְנָֽן׃ ואתנן׃ veetNan wə’eṯnān wə·’eṯ·nān<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/1_chronicles/4-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Chronicles 4:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">(וְצֹ֖חַר ק) <b> וְאֶתְנָֽן׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_chronicles/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [were] Zereth, Izhar <span class="itali">and Ethnan.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_chronicles/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and Jezoar, <span class="itali">and Ethnan.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/4-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Zereth Jitschar <span class="itali">and Ethnan</span><p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_869.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_869.htm">Strong's Hebrew 869<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/veetnan_869.htm">wə·’eṯ·nān — 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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/hebrew/868.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="868"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="868" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hebrew/870.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="870"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="870" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>