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Lexicon :: Strong's H2181 - zānâ

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זָנָה
Transliteration
zānâ
Pronunciation
zaw-naw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [highly-fed and therefore wanton]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 563

Strong’s Definitions

זָנָה zânâh, zaw-naw'; a primitive root [highly fed and therefore wanton]; to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah):—(cause to) commit fornication, × continually, × great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 93x

The KJV translates Strong's H2181 in the following manner: ...harlot (36x), go a whoring (19x), ...whoredom (15x), whore (11x), commit fornication (3x), whorish (3x), harlot (with H802) (2x), commit (1x), continually (1x), great (1x), whore's (with H802) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 93x
The KJV translates Strong's H2181 in the following manner: ...harlot (36x), go a whoring (19x), ...whoredom (15x), whore (11x), commit fornication (3x), whorish (3x), harlot (with H802) (2x), commit (1x), continually (1x), great (1x), whore's (with H802) (1x).

  1. 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) (fig.)

    2. (Pual) to play the harlot

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to commit adultery

      2. to force into prostitution

      3. to commit fornication

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זָנָה zânâh, zaw-naw'; a primitive root [highly fed and therefore wanton]; to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah):—(cause to) commit fornication, × continually, × great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.
STRONGS H2181: Abbreviations
† זָנָה verb commit fornication, be a harlot (Arabic زَنَى commit fornication, Aramaic axnz, זנא; compare Ethiopic ዘንየት፡ effusio seminis virilis, seman effusum, Di1055; on this and ዘመወ፡ (compare by Ges and others) see PrätBAS i. 32, Anm.) —
Qal Perfect ז׳ Deuteronomy 31:16, זָֽנְתָה Genesis 38:34 [Genesis 38:24] + 3 times, etc.; Imperfect יִזְנֶ֯ה (Kt) Ezekiel 23:43; תִּזְנֶה Leviticus 19:29 + 4 times; וַתִּ֫זֶן Jeremiah 3:8; Ezekiel 23:5; תִּזְנִי Hosea 3:3; וַתִּזְנִי Jeremiah 3:6 (but read probably וַתִּזְנִי ׃וַתִּזֶן is not Aramaic form of 3rd person feminine singular, see Köi. 540 Kau§ 47 g b) Ezekiel 16:15 + 4 times; וַתִּזְנִים Ezekiel 16:28; יִזְנוּ (Qr) Ezekiel 23:43; וַיִּזְנוּ Judges 8:27 + 4 times; תִּזְנֶינָה Hosea 4:13, 14; וַתִּזְנֶינָה Ezekiel 23:3; Infinitive absolute זָנֹה Hosea 1:2; construct לִזְנוֺת Leviticus 20:5 + 3 times; לִזְנֹת Leviticus 20:6; suffix בִּזְנוֺתֵךְ Ezekiel 23:30; Participle זוֺנֶה Psalm 73:27; Ezekiel 6:9; זֹנֶה Hosea 4:15; plural זֹנִים Leviticus 17:7 + 3 times; זוֺנָה Deuteronomy 23:19 + 25 times; זֹנָה Leviticus 21:7 + 2 times; זוֺנוֺת Proverbs 29:3; זֹנוֺת Hosea 4:14 + 4 times —
1. be or act as a harlot, absolute Genesis 38:24 (J), Deuteronomy 22:21 (D), Leviticus 21:9 (H), Hosea 4:13, 14; Amos 7:17; זונה + (ה)אשׁה Joshua 2:1; Joshua 6:22 (J), Leviticus 21:7 (H), Judges 11:1; Judges 16:1; Proverbs 6:26; Jeremiah 3:3; Ezekiel 16:30; Ezekiel 23:44; זוֺנָה Genesis 34:31; Genesis 38:15; Joshua 6:17, 25 (all J), Deuteronomy 23:19; Leviticus 21:14 (H), Proverbs 7:10; Proverbs 23:27; Isaiah 23:15, 16; Joel 4:3; Micah 1:7 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 16:31; נָשִׁים זֹנוֺת 1 Kings 3:16; ז(ו)נות [H2185 1 Kings 22:38]; Proverbs 29:3; Hosea 3:3; Hosea 4:14; Ezekiel 16:33; בית זונה Jeremiah 5:7; commit fornication, man's act אל ז׳ Numbers 25:1 (J); of woman's act Judges 19:2; of land given to harlotry Leviticus 19:29.
2. figurative of improper intercourse with foreign nations (religious reference sometimes involved) את ז׳ Isaiah 23:17; אחרי Ezekiel 23:30; אל Ezekiel 16:26, 28 (twice in verse); תַזְנוּתיה ז׳ Ezekiel 23:43; Nahum 3:4; וַתִּזֶן אָהֳלָה תַחְתָּ֑י and Ohola committed fornication (whilst) under me Ezekiel 23:5 (compare Numbers 5:19).
3. of intercourse with other deities, considered as harlotry, sometimes involving actual prostitution, אחרי ז׳ Exodus 34:15, 16; Deuteronomy 31:16 (all J), Leviticus 17:7; Leviticus 20:5 (twice in verse) (all H), Judges 2:17; Judges 8:27, 33; 1 Chronicles 5:25; Ezekiel 6:9; Ezekiel 20:30; after אֹבֹת, etc. Leviticus 20:6 (H), one's own heart & eyes Numbers 15:39 (H); especially of Israel, Judah, and Jerusalem under figure of lewd woman Ezekiel 16:15 (absolute) Ezekiel 16:16 (על במית), Ezekiel 16:17 (בְ ז׳), Ezekiel 23:3 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 23:19 (absolute), Jeremiah 3:1 (with accusative); Jeremiah 3:6; Jeremiah 3:8 (absolute); absolute elsewhere Hosea 2:7; Hosea 4:15; Isaiah 57:3; Psalm 106:39; as leaving י׳, followed by מֵעַל Hosea 9:1; מאחרי Hosea 1:2 (twice in verse); מתחת Hosea 4:12; followed by מן alone Psalm 73:27; ז(ו)נה Jeremiah 2:20; Ezekiel 16:35, 41; בית זונה Jeremiah 5:7; לִבָּם הַזּוֺנֶה their whorish heart Ezekiel 6:9.
4. זונה of moral defection Isaiah 1:21.
Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular אַהֲרַיִךְ לֹא זוּנָּה fornication was not done (in going) after thee Ezekiel 16:34 (but strike out Co).
Hiph. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular הִזְנֵיתָ Hosea 5:3; 3rd person plural חִזְנוּ Hosea 4:10, 18; Exodus 34:16; Imperfect וַיֶּ֫זֶן 2 Chronicles 21:11; וַתַּזְנֶה 2 Chronicles 21:13; Infinitive absolute הַזְנֵה Hosea 4:18; construct הַזְנוֺת 2 Chronicles 21:13; suffix לְהַזְנוֺתָהּ Leviticus 19:29.
1. cause to commit fornication:
a. sexual Leviticus 19:29 (H).
b. religious Exodus 34:16 (J), 2 Chronicles 21:11, 13 (twice in verse).
2. commit fornication:
a. sexual Hosea 4:10.
b. religious Hosea 4:18 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:3.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:31; 38:15; 38:24; 38:24

Exodus

34:15; 34:16; 34:16; 34:16

Leviticus

17:7; 17:7; 19:29; 19:29; 19:29; 19:29; 20:5; 20:5; 20:6; 20:6; 21:7; 21:7; 21:9; 21:14

Numbers

5:19; 15:39; 25:1

Deuteronomy

22:21; 23:19; 23:19; 31:16; 31:16

Joshua

2:1; 6:17; 6:22; 6:25

Judges

2:17; 8:27; 8:27; 8:33; 11:1; 16:1; 19:2

1 Kings

3:16

1 Chronicles

5:25

2 Chronicles

21:11; 21:11; 21:13; 21:13; 21:13

Psalms

73:27; 73:27; 106:39

Proverbs

6:26; 7:10; 23:27; 29:3; 29:3

Isaiah

1:21; 23:15; 23:16; 23:17; 57:3

Jeremiah

2:20; 3:1; 3:3; 3:6; 3:6; 3:8; 3:8; 5:7; 5:7

Ezekiel

6:9; 6:9; 6:9; 16:15; 16:15; 16:16; 16:17; 16:26; 16:28; 16:28; 16:30; 16:31; 16:33; 16:34; 16:35; 16:41; 20:30; 23:3; 23:3; 23:5; 23:5; 23:19; 23:30; 23:30; 23:43; 23:43; 23:43; 23:44

Hosea

1:2; 1:2; 2:7; 3:3; 3:3; 4:10; 4:10; 4:12; 4:13; 4:13; 4:14; 4:14; 4:14; 4:14; 4:15; 4:15; 4:18; 4:18; 4:18; 5:3; 5:3; 9:1

Amos

7:17

Micah

1:7

Nahum

3:4

H2181

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Strong's Number H2181 matches the Hebrew זָנָה (zānâ),
which occurs 92 times in 81 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Eze 16:17–Nah 3:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:17 - “You also took H3947 your beautiful H8597 [fn]jewels H3627 made of My gold H2091 and of My silver, H3701 which H834 I had given H5414 you, and made H6213 for yourself male H2145 images H6754 that you might play H2181 the harlot H2181 with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:26 - “You also played H2181 the harlot H2181 with the Egyptians, H4714 your [fn]lustful H1320 H1432 neighbors, H7934 and multiplied H7235 your harlotry H8457 to make H3707 Me angry. H3707

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:28 - “Moreover, you played H2181 the harlot H2181 with the Assyrians H804 because H4480 you were not satisfied; H7654 you played H2181 the harlot H2181 with them and still H1571 were not satisfied. H7646

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:30 - “How H4100 languishing H535 is your heart,” H3826 declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068 “while you do H6213 all H3605 these H428 things, H4639 the actions H4639 of a [fn]bold-faced H7989 harlot. H2181

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:31 - “When you built H1129 your shrine H1354 at the beginning H7218 of every H3605 street H1870 and made H6213 your high H7413 place H7413 in every H3605 square, H7339 in disdaining H7046 money, H868 you were not like a harlot. H2181

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:33 - “[fn]Men give H5414 gifts H5078 to all H3605 harlots, H2181 but you give H5414 your gifts H5083 to all H3605 your lovers H157 to bribe H7809 them to come H935 to you from every H5439 direction H5439 for your harlotries. H8457

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:34 - “Thus you are different H2016 from those women H802 in your harlotries, H8457 in that no H3808 one plays H2181 the harlot H2181 [fn]as you do, because you give H5414 money H868 and no H3808 money H868 is given H5414 you; thus you are different.” H2016

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:35 - Therefore, H3651 O harlot, H2181 hear H8085 the word H1697 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:41 - “They will burn H8313 your houses H1004 with fire H784 and execute H6213 judgments H8201 on you in the sight H5869 of many H7227 women. H802 Then I will stop H7673 you from playing H2181 the harlot, H2181 and you will also H1571 no H3808 longer H5750 pay H5414 [fn]your lovers. H868

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:30 - “Therefore, H3651 say H559 to the house H1004 of Israel, H3478 ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068 “Will you defile H2930 yourselves [fn]after the manner H1870 of your fathers H1 and play H2181 the harlot H2181 after H310 their detestable H8251 things? H8251

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:3 - and they played H2181 the harlot H2181 in Egypt. H4714 They played H2181 the harlot H2181 in their youth; H5271 there H8033 their breasts H7699 were pressed H4600 and there H8033 their virgin H1331 bosom H1717 was handled. H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:5 - “Oholah H170 played H2181 the harlot H2181 [fn]while H8478 she was Mine; H8478 and she lusted H5689 after H5921 her lovers, H157 after H413 the Assyrians, H804 her neighbors, H7138

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:19 - “Yet she multiplied H7235 her harlotries, H8457 remembering H2142 the days H3117 of her youth, H5271 when H834 she played H2181 the harlot H2181 in the land H776 of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:30 - ‘These H428 things H428 will be done H6213 to you because you have played H2181 the harlot H2181 with the nations, H1471 because H5921 H834 you have defiled H2930 yourself with their idols. H1544

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:43 - “Then I said H559 concerning her who was worn H1087 out by adulteries, H5004 ‘[fn]Will they now H6258 commit H2181 adultery H2181 with her when she is thus?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:44 - “[fn]But they went H935 in to her as they would go H935 in to a harlot. H2181 Thus H3651 they went H935 in to Oholah H170 and to Oholibah, H172 the lewd H2154 women. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:2 - When the LORD H3068 first H8462 spoke H1696 through Hosea, H1954 the LORD H3068 said H559 to Hosea, H1954 “Go, H1980 take H3947 to yourself a wife H802 of harlotry H2183 and have children H3206 of harlotry; H2183 for the land H776 commits H2181 flagrant H2181 harlotry, H2181 [fn]forsaking H4480 H310 the LORD.” H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:5 - “For their mother H517 has played H2181 the harlot; H2181
She who conceived H2029 them has acted H954 shamefully. H954
For she said, H559 ‘I will go H1980 after H310 my lovers, H157
Who give H5414 me my bread H3899 and my water, H4325
My wool H6785 and my flax, H6593 my oil H8081 and my drink.’ H8250

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:3 - Then I said H559 to her, “You shall stay H3427 with me for many H7227 days. H3117 You shall not play H2181 the harlot, H2181 nor H3808 shall you have H1961 a [fn]man; H376 so I will also H1571 be toward H413 you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:10 - They will eat, H398 but not have H7646 enough; H7646
They will play H2181 the harlot, H2181 but not increase, H6555
Because H3588 they have [fn]stopped H5800 giving H8104 heed H8104 to the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:12 - My people H5971 consult H7592 their wooden H6086 idol, and their diviner’s wand H4731 informs H5046 them;
For a spirit H7307 of harlotry H2183 has led H8582 them astray, H8582
And they have played H2181 the harlot, H2181 departing [fn]from their God. H430

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And [fn]burn H6999 incense H6999 on the hills, H1389
Under H8478 oak, H437 poplar H3839 and terebinth, H424
Because H3588 their shade H6738 is pleasant. H2896
Therefore H5921 H3651 your daughters H1323 play H2181 the harlot H2181
And your [fn]brides H3618 commit H5003 adultery. H5003

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:14 - I will not punish H6485 your daughters H1323 when H3588 they play H2181 the harlot H2181
Or your [fn]brides H3618 when H3588 they commit H5003 adultery, H5003
For the men themselves H1992 go H6504 apart H6504 with harlots H2181
And offer H2076 sacrifices H2076 with temple H6945 prostitutes; H6945
So the people H5971 without H3808 understanding H995 are [fn]ruined. H3832

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:15 - Though H518 you, Israel, H3478 play H2181 the harlot, H2181
Do not let Judah H3063 become H816 guilty; H816
Also do not go H935 to Gilgal, H1537
Or go H5927 up to Beth-aven H1007
And take H7650 the oath: H7650
“As the LORD H3068 lives!” H2416

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:18 - Their liquor H5435 gone, H5493
They play H2181 the harlot H2181 continually; H2181
Their [fn]rulers H4043 dearly H157 love H157 shame. H7036

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:3 - I know H3045 Ephraim, H669 and Israel H3478 is not hidden H3582 from Me;
For now, H6258 O Ephraim, H669 you have played H2181 the harlot, H2181
Israel H3478 has defiled H2930 itself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:1 - Do not rejoice, H8055 O Israel, H3478 [fn]with exultation H1524 like the [fn]nations! H5971
For you have played H2181 the harlot, H2181 [fn]forsaking H4480 H5921 your God. H430
You have loved H157 harlots’ earnings H868 on [fn]every H3605 threshing H1637 floor. H1637

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[fn]Traded H5414 a boy H3206 for a harlot H2181
And sold H4376 a girl H3207 for wine H3196 that they may drink. H8354

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:17 - “Therefore, H3651 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 ‘Your wife H802 will become H2181 a harlot H2181 in the city, H5892 your sons H1121 and your daughters H1323 will fall H5307 by the sword, H2719 your land H127 will be parceled H2505 up by a measuring line H2256 and you yourself H859 will die H4191 [fn]upon unclean H2931 soil. H127 Moreover, Israel H3478 will certainly H1540 go H1540 from its land H127 into exile.’” H1540

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:7 - All H3605 of her idols H6456 will be smashed, H3807
All H3605 of her earnings H868 will be burned H8313 with fire H784
And all H3605 of her images H6091 I will make H7760 desolate, H8077
For she collected H6908 them from a harlot’s H2181 earnings, H868
And to the earnings H868 of a harlot H2181 they will return. H7725

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:4 - All because H4480 of the many H7230 harlotries H2183 of the harlot, H2181
The charming H2580 H2896 one, H2896 the mistress H1172 of sorceries, H3785
Who sells H4376 nations H1471 by her harlotries H2183
And families H4940 by her sorceries. H3785

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