Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H2181

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Original: זנה

Transliteration: zanah (zânâh)

Phonetic: zaw-naw'

BDB Definition:

to commit fornication, be a harlot, play the harlot
1. (Qal)
  1. to be a harlot, act as a harlot, commit fornication
  2. to commit adultery
  3. to be a cult prostitute
  4. to be unfaithful (to God) (figuratively)
2. (Pual) to play the harlot
3. (Hiphil)
  1. to cause to commit adultery
  2. to force into prostitution
  3. to commit fornication

Origin: a primitive root [highly-fed and therefore wanton]

TWOT entry: 563

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Strong's Definition: A primitive root (highly fed and therefore wanton); to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple forniciation, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah): - (cause to) commit fornication, X continually, X great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (90x)

A Whore (1x)

A Whorish (1x)

All Them That Go A Whoring (1x)

An Harlot (2x)

And All That Go A Whoring (1x)

And Commit Ye Whoredom (1x)

And Didst Commit Whoredom (1x)

And Go A Whoring (1x)

And Hast Not Been As An Harlot (1x)

And Make (1x)

And Played The Harlot (1x)

And Playedst The Harlot (2x)

And Shall Commit Fornication (1x)

And The Whore (1x)

And There Hath Played The Harlot (1x)

And They Committed Whoredoms (1x)

And They Go A Whoring (1x)

And They Have Gone A Whoring (1x)

And Went A Whoring (3x)

As An Harlot (1x)

As With An Harlot (1x)

Become An Harlot (1x)

But They Went A Whoring (1x)

But Thou Hast Played The Harlot (1x)

Continually (1x)

Fall To Whoredom (1x)

For A Whore (1x)

For An Harlot (1x)

For Thou Hast Gone A Whoring (1x)

From Playing The Harlot (1x)

Go A Whoring (2x)

Harlot (1x)

Harlots (1x)

Hath Committed Great (1x)

Hath Played The Harlot (2x)

Herself By Playing The Whore (1x)

Him, To Commit Whoredom (1x)

In The Harlots’ (1x)

Into An Harlot’s (1x)

Into The Harlot’s (1x)

Like To The Whoredoms (1x)

Of A Whore (1x)

Of An Harlot (1x)

Play The Harlot (1x)

Played The Harlot (1x)

Played The Whore (1x)

Playing The Harlot (1x)

Shall Be An Harlot (1x)

Shall Commit Whoredom (1x)

That Playeth The Harlot (1x)

The Harlot (2x)

Thee To Commit Whoredoms (1x)

There An Harlot (1x)

They Committed Whoredoms (1x)

They Have Committed Whoredom (1x)

They Shall Commit Whoredom (1x)

Thou Committest Whoredom (1x)

Thou Harlot (1x)

Thou Hast Also Committed Fornication (1x)

Thou Hast Played The Whore (1x)

Thou Shalt Not Play The Harlot (1x)

To All Whores (1x)

To Cause Her To Be A Whore (1x)

To Commit Fornication (1x)

To Commit Whoredom (1x)

To Go A Whoring (2x)

To Play The Whore (1x)

Unto Thee, Because Thou Hast Gone A Whoring (1x)

Went Thither A Whoring (1x)

When They Commit Whoredom (1x)

Wherefore, O Harlot (1x)

Wherein She Had Played The Harlot (1x)

Which Go A Whoring (1x)

Which Ye Use To Go A Whoring (1x)

Whom They Have Gone A Whoring (1x)

Whoredom (1x)

Whorish (1x)

Will They Now Commit (1x)

With Harlots (1x)

With Their Whorish (1x)

With Whores (1x)

Yea, Thou Hast Played The Harlot (1x)

Occurrences of "To Go A Whoring"

Leviticus 20:6

And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

2 Chronicles 21:13

But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father’s house, which were better than thyself:

Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

Strong's Concor­dance

Hebrew-Aramaic H2181

Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

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Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H2181