Strong's Definition
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)
KJV Usage: (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
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
זָנָה (za.nah) — to fornicate. 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · זֹנָה · זְנוּנִים · זְנוּת · תַּזְנוּת
Unfaithful | verb qal, verb hif | ≈ זְנוּנִים · נאף
to commit fornication, to play the harlot = action by which humans engage in sexual activity that is considered immoral; ≈ often used as a metaphor for unfaithfulness to God
GEN 38:24 · LEV 19:29 · LEV 21:9 · NUM 25:1 · DEU 22:21 · JDG 19:2 · ISA 23:17 · ISA 57:3 · HOS 3:3 · HOS 4:10 · HOS 4:18 · HOS 4:18 · HOS 5:3 · AMO 7:17
Unfaithful | verb hif
to cause to commit fornication = causative action by which humans cause other humans to engage in sexual activity that is considered immoral
Unfaithful | verb qal | ≈ בגד · בושׁ · זבח · חוה · חנף · טמא · מעל · נאף · נתן אהב · עגב · ענן
to play the harlot, to prostitute oneself = action by which humans engage in non-sanctioned worship, ◄ described in terms of fornication
EXO 34:15 · EXO 34:16 · LEV 17:7 · LEV 20:5 · LEV 20:5 · LEV 20:6 · NUM 15:39 · DEU 31:16 · JDG 2:17 · JDG 8:27 · JDG 8:33 · 1CH 5:25 · PSA 73:27 · PSA 106:39 · JER 3:1 · JER 3:6 · JER 3:8 · EZK 6:9 · EZK 6:9 · EZK 16:15 · EZK 16:16 · EZK 16:17 · EZK 16:26 · EZK 16:28 · EZK 16:28 · EZK 20:30 · EZK 23:3 · EZK 23:3 · EZK 23:5 · EZK 23:19 · EZK 23:30 · EZK 23:43 · HOS 1:2 · HOS 1:2 · HOS 2:7 · HOS 4:12 · HOS 4:13 · HOS 4:14 · HOS 4:15 · HOS 9:1
Unfaithful | verb hif | ≈ טמא · נדח
to cause (others) to prostitute themselves = causative action by which humans cause other humans to engage in non-sanctioned worship, ◄ described in terms of fornication
Unfaithful | verb pu'al
to be solicited (for fornication) = action by which humans request other humans to engage in non-sanctioned worship, ◄ described in terms of fornication
1 EZK 23:43 MT-K יזנה | MT-Q יִזְנוּ
verb · זנה
Prostitutes | ≈ אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ · חָלָל · כֶּלֶב · נָכְרִיָּה
prostitute = woman that sells her body for payment, making of this her profession; ≈ often associated with shame and sinful behavior
GEN 34:31 · GEN 38:15 · LEV 21:7 · LEV 21:14 · DEU 23:19 · JOS 2:1 · JOS 6:17 · JOS 6:22 · JOS 6:25 · JDG 11:1 · JDG 16:1 · 1KI 3:16 · 1KI 22:38 · PRO 6:26 · PRO 7:10 · PRO 23:27 · PRO 29:3 · ISA 1:21 · ISA 23:15 · ISA 23:16 · JER 2:20 · JER 3:3 · JER 5:7 · EZK 16:30 · EZK 16:31 · EZK 16:33 · EZK 16:35 · EZK 16:41 · EZK 23:44 · HOS 4:14 · JOL 4:3 · MIC 1:7 · MIC 1:7 · NAM 3:4
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
זָנָה vb. commit fornication, be a harlot Qal be or act as a harlot
fig. of improper intercourse with foreign nations
of intercourse with other deities
of moral defection
Pu. fornication was not done (in going) after thee
Hiph. cause to commit fornication
commit fornication
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