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
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H2181 — זָנָה
za.nah · to fornicate · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 34:31 · הַכְזוֹנָ֕הAnd they say, ‘As a harlot doth he make our sister?’Genesis 38:15 · לְזוֹנָ֑הAnd Judah seeth her, and reckoneth her for a harlot, for she hath covered her face,Genesis 38:24 · זָֽנְתָה֙And it cometh to pass about three months after, that it is declared to Judah, saying, ‘Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath committed fornication; and also, lo, she hath conceived by fornication:’ and Judah saith, ‘Bring her out—and she is burnt.’Exodus 34:15 · וְזָנ֣וּ׀Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land, and they have gone a-whoring after their gods, and have sacrificed to their gods, and one hath called to thee, and thou hast eaten of his sacrifice,Exodus 34:16 · וְזָנ֣וּ · וְהִזְנוּ֙and thou hast taken of their daughters to thy sons, and their daughters have gone a-whoring after their gods, and have caused thy sons to go a-whoring after their gods;Leviticus 17:7 · זֹנִ֖יםand they sacrifice not any more their sacrifices to goats after which they are going a-whoring; a statute age-during is this to them, to their generations.Leviticus 19:29 · לְהַזְנוֹתָ֑הּ · תִזְנֶ֣ה‘Thou dost not pollute thy daughter to cause her to go a-whoring, that the land go not a-whoring, and the land hath been full of wickedness.Leviticus 20:5 · הַזֹּנִ֣ים · לִזְנ֛וֹתthen I have set My face against that man, and against his family, and have cut him off, and all who are going a-whoring after him, even going a-whoring after the Molech, from the midst of their people.Leviticus 20:6 · לִזְנ֖וֹת‘And the person who turneth unto those having familiar spirits, and unto the wizards, to go a-whoring after them, I have even set My face against that person, and cut him off from the midst of his people.Leviticus 21:7 · זֹנָ֤הA woman, a harlot, or polluted, they do not take, and a woman cast out from her husband they do not take, for he is holy to his God;Leviticus 21:9 · לִזְנ֑וֹת‘And a daughter of any priest when she polluteth herself by going a-whoring—her father she is polluting; with fire she is burnt.Leviticus 21:14 · זֹנָ֔הwidow, or cast out, or polluted one—a harlot—these he doth not take, but a virgin of his own people he doth take for a wife,Numbers 15:39 · זֹנִ֖יםand it hath been to you for a fringe, and ye have seen it, and have remembered all the commands of Jehovah, and have done them, and ye search not after your heart, and after your eyes, after which ye are going a-whoring;Numbers 25:1 · לִזְנ֖וֹתAnd Israel dwelleth in Shittim, and the people begin to go a-whoring unto daughters of Moab,Deuteronomy 22:21 · לִזְנ֖וֹתthen they have brought out the damsel unto the opening of her father’s house, and stoned her have the men of her city with stones, and she hath died, for she hath done folly in Israel, to go a-whoring in her father’s house; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.Deuteronomy 23:18 · זוֹנָ֜הthou dost not bring a gift of a whore, or a price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God, for any vow; for the abomination of Jehovah thy God are even both of them.Deuteronomy 31:16 · וְזָנָ֣ה׀And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Lo, thou art lying down with thy fathers, and this people hath risen, and gone a-whoring after the gods of the stranger of the land into the midst of which it hath entered, and forsaken Me, and broken My covenant which I made with it;Joshua 2:1 · זוֹנָ֛הAnd Joshua son of Nun sendeth from Shittim, two men, spies, silently, saying, ‘Go, see the land—and Jericho;’ and they go and come into the house of a woman, a harlot, and her name is Rahab, and they lie down there.Joshua 6:17 · הַזּוֹנָ֜הand the city hath been devoted, it and all that is in it, to Jehovah; only Rahab the harlot doth live, she and all who are with her in the house, for she hid the messengers whom we sent;Joshua 6:22 · הַזּוֹנָ֑הAnd to the two men who are spying the land Joshua said, ‘Go into the house of the woman, the harlot, and bring out thence the woman, and all whom she hath, as ye have sworn to her.’Joshua 6:25 · הַ֠זּוֹנָהand Rahab the harlot, and the house of her father, and all whom she hath, hath Joshua kept alive; and she dwelleth in the midst of Israel unto this day, for she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.Judges 2:17 · זָנ֗וּand also unto their judges they have not hearkened, but have gone a-whoring after other gods, and bow themselves to them; they have turned aside with haste out of the way in which their fathers walked to obey the commands of Jehovah—they have not done so.Judges 8:27 · וַיִּזְנ֧וּand Gideon maketh it into an ephod, and setteth it up in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel go a-whoring after it there, and it is to Gideon and to his house for a snare.Judges 8:33 · וַיִּזְנ֖וּAnd it cometh to pass, when Gideon is dead, that the sons of Israel turn back and go a-whoring after the Baalim, and set over them Baal-Berith for a god;Judges 11:1 · זוֹנָ֑הAnd Jephthah the Gileadite hath been a mighty man of valour, and he is son of a woman, a harlot; and Gilead begetteth Jephthah,Judges 16:1 · זוֹנָ֔הAnd Samson goeth to Gaza, and seeth there a woman, a harlot, and goeth in unto her;Judges 19:2 · וַתִּזְנֶ֤הand commit whoredom against him doth his concubine, and she goeth from him unto the house of her father, unto Beth-Lehem-Judah, and is there days—four months.1 Kings 3:16 · זֹנ֖וֹתthen come in do two women, harlots, unto the king, and stand before him,1 Kings 22:38 · וְהַזֹּנ֖וֹתand one rinseth the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs lick his blood—when the armour they had washed—according to the word of Jehovah that He spake.1 Chronicles 5:25 · וַיִּזְנ֗וּAnd they trespass against the God of their fathers, and go a-whoring after the gods of the peoples of the land whom God destroyed from their presence;2 Chronicles 21:11 · וַיֶּ֙זֶן֙also, he hath made high places in the mountains of Judah, and causeth the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit whoredom, and compelleth Judah.2 Chronicles 21:13 · וַתַּזְנֶ֤ה · כְּהַזְנ֖וֹתand thou dost walk in the way of the kings of Israel, and dost cause Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit whoredom like the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also thy brethren, the house of thy father, who are better than thyself, thou hast slain;Psalm 73:27 · זוֹנֶ֥הFor, lo, those far from Thee do perish, Thou hast cut off every one, Who is going a whoring from Thee.Psalm 106:39 · וַ֝יִּזְנוּ֗And they are defiled with their works, And commit whoredom in their habitual doings.Proverbs 6:26 · זוֹנָ֗הFor a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.Proverbs 7:10 · ז֝וֹנָ֗הAnd, lo, a woman to meet him—(A harlot’s dress, and watchful of heart,Proverbs 23:27 · זוֹנָ֑הFor a harlot is a deep ditch, And a strange woman is a strait pit.Proverbs 29:3 · ז֝וֹנ֗וֹתA man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth.Isaiah 1:21 · לְזוֹנָ֔הHow hath a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it with judgment, Righteousness lodgeth in it—now murderers.Isaiah 23:15 · הַזּוֹנָֽה׃And it hath come to pass, in that day, That forgotten is Tyre seventy years, According to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years there is to Tyre as the song of the harlot.Isaiah 23:16 · זוֹנָ֣הTake a harp, go round the city, O forgotten harlot, play well, Multiply song that thou mayest be remembered.Isaiah 23:17 · וְזָֽנְתָ֛הAnd it hath come to pass, At the end of seventy years Jehovah inspecteth Tyre, And she hath repented of her gift, That she committed fornication With all kingdoms of the earth on the face of the ground.Isaiah 57:3 · וַתִּזְנֶֽה׃And ye, come near hither, O sons of a sorceress, seed of an adulterer, Even thou dost commit whoredom.Jeremiah 2:20 · זֹנָֽה׃For from of old thou hast broken thy yoke, Drawn away thy bands, and sayest, ‘I do not serve,’ For, on every high height, and under every green tree, Thou art wandering—a harlot.Jeremiah 3:1 · זָנִית֙Saying, ‘Lo, one sendeth away his wife, And she hath gone from him, And she hath been to another man, Doth he turn back unto her again? Greatly defiled is not that land? And thou hast committed whoredom with many lovers, And turn again to Me, an affirmation of Jehovah.Jeremiah 3:3 · זוֹנָה֙And withheld are showers, and gathered rain hath not been. The forehead of a whorish woman thou hast, Thou hast refused to be ashamed.Jeremiah 3:6 · וַתִּזְנִי־And Jehovah saith unto me, in the days of Josiah the king, ‘Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? She is going on every high mountain, and unto the place of every green tree, and committeth fornication there.Jeremiah 3:8 · וַתִּ֥זֶןAnd I see when (for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery) I have sent her away, and I give the bill of her divorce unto her, that treacherous Judah her sister hath not feared, and goeth and committeth fornication—she also.Jeremiah 5:7 · זוֹנָ֖הFor this I am not propitious to thee, Thy sons have forsaken Me, And are satisfied by that which is not god, I satisfy them, and they commit adultery, And at the house of a harlot They gather themselves together.Hosea 1:2 · זָנֹ֤ה · תִזְנֶה֙The commencement of Jehovah’s speaking by Hosea. And Jehovah saith unto Hosea, ‘Go, take to thee a woman of whoredoms, and children of whoredoms, for utterly go a-whoring doth the land from after Jehovah.’Hosea 2:5 · זָֽנְתָה֙For gone a-whoring hath their mother, Acted shamefully hath their conceiver, For she hath said, I go after my lovers, Those giving my bread and my water, My wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.Hosea 3:3 · תִזְנִ֔יand I say unto her, ‘Many days thou dost remain for Me, thou dost not go a-whoring, nor become any one’s; and I also am for thee.’Hosea 4:10 · הִזְנ֖וּAnd they have eaten, and are not satisfied, They have gone a-whoring, and increase not, For they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.Hosea 4:12 · וַיִּזְנ֖וּMy people at its staff asketh and its rod declareth to it, For a spirit of whoredoms hath caused to err, And they go a-whoring from under their God.Hosea 4:13 · תִּזְנֶ֙ינָה֙On tops of the mountains they do sacrifice, And on the hills they make perfume, Under oak, and poplar, and terebinth, For good is its shade.Hosea 4:14 · תִזְנֶ֗ינָה · הַזֹּנ֣וֹתTherefore commit whoredom do your daughters, And your spouses commit adultery, I do not see after your daughters when they commit whoredom, And after your spouses when they commit adultery, For they with the harlots are separated, And with the whores they do sacrifice, A people that doth not understand kicketh.Hosea 4:15 · זֹנֶ֤הThough a harlot thou art, O Israel, Let not Judah become guilty, And come not ye in to Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-Aven, Nor swear ye, Jehovah liveth.Hosea 4:18 · הַזְנֵ֣ה · הִזְנ֔וּSour is their drink, They have gone diligently a-whoring, Her protectors have loved shame thoroughly.Hosea 5:3 · הִזְנֵ֣יתָI have known Ephraim, And Israel hath not been hid from me, For now thou hast gone a-whoring, Ephraim, Defiled is Israel.Hosea 9:1 · זָנִ֖יתָ‘Rejoice not, O Israel, be not joyful like the peoples, For thou hast gone a-whoring from thy God, Thou hast loved a gift near all floors of corn.Amos 7:17 · תִּזְנֶה֙therefore thus said Jehovah: Thy wife in the city doth go a-whoring, And thy sons and thy daughters by sword do fall, And thy land by line is apportioned, And thou on an unclean land diest, And Israel certainly removeth from off its land.’Micah 1:7 · זוֹנָה֙ · זוֹנָ֖הAnd all her graven images are beaten down, And all her gifts are burnt with fire, And all her idols I make a desolation, For, from the hire of a harlot she gathered, and unto the hire of a harlot they return.Nahum 3:4 · זוֹנָ֔הBecause of the abundance of the fornications of an harlot, The goodness of the grace of the lady of witchcrafts, Who is selling nations by her fornications, And families by her witchcrafts.