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  #2181 זָנָה zanah {zaw-naw'}

 a primitive root [highly-fed and therefore wanton]; TWOT - 563; v

—Hebrew Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)


 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

—Brown-Driver-Briggs (Old Testament Hebrew-English Lexicon)

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.

—Strong's (Hebrew & Chaldee Dictionary of the Old Testament)

#2181.
זָנָה
zanah (275c); a prim. root; to commit fornication, be a harlot:—
NASB - adulterous(1), become a harlot(1), commit adultery(1), commits flagrant harlotry(1), fall to harlotry(1), harlot(22), harlot continually(1), harlot's(2), harlot's*(2), harlot*(3), harlotry(3), harlots(5), making her a harlot(1), play the harlot(18), play the harlot continually(1), played the harlot(24), playing the harlot(3), plays the harlot(1), prostitute(1), unfaithful(1).

—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries

 AV - ...harlot 36, go a whoring 19, ...whoredom 15, whore 11,
      commit fornication 3, whorish 3, harlot + H0802 2, commit 1,
      continually 1, great 1, whore's + H0802 1; 93

commit
Ezekiel 23:43.

continually
Hosea 4:18.

fornication
2 Chronicles 21:11. Isaiah 23:17. Ezekiel 16:26.

great
Hosea 1:2.

harlot
Genesis 34:31; 38:15, 24. Leviticus 21:14. Joshua 6:17, 25. Proverbs 7:10. Isaiah 1:21; 23:15, 16. Jeremiah 2:20; 3:1, 6, 8. Ezekiel 16:15, 16, 28, 31, 35, 41; 23:5, 19, 44. Hosea 2:5; 3:3; 4:15. Joel 3:3. Amos 7:17. Micah 1:7, 7. Nahum 3:4.

harlots
1 Kings 3:16. Proverbs 29:3.

harlot's
Joshua 2:1; 6:22.

harlots'
Jeremiah 5:7.

make
Exodus 34:16.

whore
Leviticus 19:29; 21:7, 9. Deuteronomy 22:21; 23:18. Judges 19:2. Proverbs 23:27. Isaiah 57:3. Ezekiel 16:28.

whoredom
Leviticus 19:29; 20:5. Numbers 25:1. Ezekiel 16:17; 20:30. Hosea 1:2; 4:10, 13, 14, 18; 5:3.

whoredoms
2 Chronicles 21:13. Ezekiel 16:34; 23:3, 3.

whores
Ezekiel 16:33. Hosea 4:14.

whoring
Exodus 34:15, 16, 16. Leviticus 17:7; 20:5, 6. Numbers 15:39. Deuteronomy 31:16. Judges 2:17; 8:27, 33. 1 Chronicles 5:25. 2 Chronicles 21:13. Psalms 73:27; 106:39. Ezekiel 6:9; 23:30. Hosea 4:12; 9:1.

whorish
Proverbs 6:26. Ezekiel 6:9; 16:30.

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