Strongs Number: H2181
| Hebrew Word: | זָנָה |
| Transliteration: | zânâh |
| Phonetic: | zaw-naw' |
| Part of Speech: | Verb |
| Strongs Definition: | 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) |
| BDB Definition: |
1. to commit fornication, be a harlot, play the harlot a. (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) (fig.) b. (Pual) to play the harlot c. (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) |
| Bible Usage: | (cause to) commit {fornication} X-(idiom) {continually} X-(idiom) {great} (be {an} play the) {harlot} (cause to {be} play the) {whore} ({commit} fall to) {whoredom} (cause to) go {a-whoring} whorish. |