זָנָה
za.nah
“to fornicate”
Definition
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)
a primitive root (highly-fed and therefore wanton);
- 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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Grammar & Morphology
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
זָנָה appears 80 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and they prostituted themselves with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
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When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”
One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.
You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
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