BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2114
zur — be a stranger
1) to be strange, be a stranger 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to become estranged 1a2) strange, another, stranger, foreigner, an enemy (participle) 1a3) strange woman, prostitute, harlot (meton) 1b) (Niphal) to be estranged 1c) (Hophal) to be a stranger, be one alienated
67 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2181
za.nah — to fornicate
1) to commit fornication, be a harlot, play the harlot 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be a harlot, act as a harlot, commit fornication 1a2) to commit adultery 1a3) to be a cult prostitute 1a4) to be unfaithful (to God) (fig.) 1b) (Pual) to play the harlot 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to commit adultery 1c2) to force into prostitution 1c3) to commit fornication
63 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5237
nokh.ri — foreign
1) foreign, alien 1a) foreign 1b) foreigner (subst) 1c) foreign woman, harlot 1d) unknown, unfamiliar (fig.)
45 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4751
mar — bitter
adj 1) bitter, bitterness 1a) of water or food 1b) of harlot's end, end of wickedness, cry (fig.) 1c) of pain (subst) adv 2) bitterly
31 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2154
zim.mah — wickedness
1) plan, device, wickedness, evil plan, mischievous purpose 1a) plan, purpose 1b) evil device, wickedness 1c) not chaste, incest, licentiousness, adultery, idolatry, harlotry
14 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4204
pornē — prostitute
πόρνη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for זָנָה ;] a prostitute, harlot: Mat.21:31-32, Luk.15:30, 1Co.6:15-16 Heb.11:31, Jas.2:25. Metaphorical (see Swete, Ap., 180 f.), of Babylon (i.e. Rome): Rev.17:1, 5 17:15-16 19:2.† (AS)
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2184
ze.nut — fornication
fornication, harlotry
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7343
ra.chav — Rahab
A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.2.1; mother of: Boaz (H1162)(?) § Rahab = "wide" a harlot of Jericho who aided the spies to escape; saved from the destruction of Jericho; married Salmon, an ancestor of David and of Christ; commended for her faith in the book of James
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H868
et.nan — wages
1) hire of prostitute, price 1a) hire (of harlot) 1b) of idolatrous Israel, Jerusalem, Tyre (fig.)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6948
qe.de.shah — cult prostitute
female temple prostitute, harlot
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H866
et.nah — wages
1) hire, price (of a harlot) 2) (TWOT) reward
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8866
porneion — a place of harlotry
a house of ill-fame, brothel , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8867
pornikos — of a harlot
of or for harlots , π. τέλος the tax paid by brothel-keepers , (Aeschines Orator) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5083
na.dan — gift
1) gift 1a) of a harlot's bribe
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8457
taz.nut — fornication
fornication, harlotry
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →(1.) Heb. zonah (Gen. 34:31; 38:15). In verses 21, 22 the Hebrew word used in kedeshah, i.e., a woman consecrated or devoted to prostitution in connection with the abominable worship of Asherah or Astarte, the Syrian Venus. This word is also used in Deut. 23:17; Hos. 4:14. Thus Tamar sat by the wayside as a consecrated kedeshah. It has been attempted to show that Rahab, usually called a “harlot” (Josh. 2:1; 6:17; Heb. 11:31; James 2:25), was only an innkeeper. This interpretation, however, cannot be maintained. Jephthah’s mother is called a “strange woman” (Judg. 11:2). This, however, merely denotes that she was of foreign extraction. In the time of Solomon harlots appeared openly in the streets, and he solemnly warns against association with them (Prov. 7:12; 9:14. See also Jer. 3:2; Ezek. 16:24, 25, 31). The Revised Version, following the LXX., has “and the harlots washed,” etc., instead of the rendering of the Authorized Version, “now they washed,” of 1 Kings 22:38. To commit fornication is metaphorically used for to practice idolatry (Jer. 3:1; Ezek. 16:15; Hos. throughout); hence Jerusalem is spoken of as a harlot (Isa. 1:21). (2.) Heb. nokriyah, the “strange woman” (1 Kings 11:1; Prov. 5:20; 7:5; 23:27). Those so designated were Canaanites and other Gentiles (Josh. 23:13). To the same class belonged the “foolish”, i.e., the sinful, “woman.” In the New Testament the Greek pornai, plural, “harlots,” occurs in Matt. 21:31, 32, where they are classed with publicans; Luke 15:30; 1 Cor. 6:15, 16; Heb. 11:31; James 2:25. It is used symbolically in Rev. 17:1, 5, 15, 16; 19:2.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
