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זָנָה

za.nahto fornicateHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb94 occurrences20 books83 verses

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)
Traditional renderings: (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.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

94 total
  1. Genesis 34:31הַכְזוֹנָ֕ה · like a prostitute
    But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”
  2. Genesis 38:15לְזוֹנָ֑ה · she was a prostitute
    When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
  3. Genesis 38:24זָֽנְתָה֙ · has prostituted herself
    About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
  4. Exodus 34:15וְזָנ֣וּ׀ · for when they prostitute themselves
    Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.
  5. Exodus 34:16וְזָנ֣וּ · will prostitute themselves; וְהִזְנוּ֙ · [to do the same]
    And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.
  6. Leviticus 17:7זֹנִ֖ים · have prostituted
    They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’
  7. Leviticus 19:29לְהַזְנוֹתָ֑הּ · by making her a prostitute; תִזְנֶ֣ה · will be prostituted
    You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
  8. Leviticus 20:5הַזֹּנִ֣ים · in prostituting themselves; לִזְנ֛וֹת
    …then I will set My face against that man and his family and cut off from among their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech.
  9. Leviticus 20:6לִזְנ֖וֹת · to prostitute himself
    Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.
  10. Leviticus 21:7זֹנָ֤ה · by prostitution
    A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
  11. Leviticus 21:9לִזְנ֑וֹת · by prostituting herself
    If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
  12. Leviticus 21:14זֹנָ֔ה · by prostitution
    He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,
  13. Numbers 15:39זֹנִ֖ים · prostitute yourselves
    These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.
  14. Numbers 25:1לִזְנ֖וֹת · to indulge in sexual immorality
    While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
  15. Deuteronomy 22:21לִזְנ֖וֹת · by being promiscuous
    …she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.
  16. Deuteronomy 23:18זוֹנָ֜ה · of a prostitute, whether female
    You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.
  17. Deuteronomy 31:16וְזָנָ֣ה׀ · and prostitute themselves
    And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.
  18. Joshua 2:1זוֹנָ֛ה · of a prostitute
    Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
  19. Joshua 6:17הַזּוֹנָ֜ה · the prostitute
    Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.
  20. Joshua 6:22הַזּוֹנָ֑ה · of the prostitute
    Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.”
  21. Joshua 6:25הַ֠זּוֹנָה · the prostitute
    And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho. So she has lived among the Israelites to this day.
  22. Judges 2:17זָנ֗וּ · they prostituted
    Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.
  23. Judges 8:27וַיִּזְנ֧וּ · prostituted themselves
    From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
  24. Judges 8:33וַיִּזְנ֖וּ · and prostituted themselves
    And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
  25. Judges 11:1זוֹנָ֑ה · of a prostitute
    Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.
  26. Judges 16:1זוֹנָ֔ה · a prostitute
    One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.
  27. Judges 19:2וַתִּזְנֶ֤ה · was unfaithful
    But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,
  28. 1 Kings 3:16זֹנ֖וֹת · prostitutes
    At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
  29. 1 Kings 22:38וְהַזֹּנ֖וֹת · where the prostitutes
    And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.
  30. 1 Chronicles 5:25וַיִּזְנ֗וּ · and they prostituted
    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.
  31. 2 Chronicles 21:11וַיֶּ֙זֶן֙ · to prostitute themselves
    Jehoram had also built high places on the hills of Judah; he had caused the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves and had led Judah astray.
  32. 2 Chronicles 21:13וַתַּזְנֶ֤ה · to prostitute themselves; כְּהַזְנ֖וֹת · prostituted itself
    …but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have also killed your brothers, your father’s family, who were better than you.
  33. Psalm 73:27זוֹנֶ֥ה · who are unfaithful
    Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
  34. Psalm 106:39וַ֝יִּזְנוּ֗ · and prostituted themselves
    They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
  35. Proverbs 6:26זוֹנָ֗ה · of the prostitute
    For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
  36. Proverbs 7:10ז֝וֹנָ֗ה · of a harlot
    Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
  37. Proverbs 23:27זוֹנָ֑ה · a prostitute
    For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
  38. Proverbs 29:3ז֝וֹנ֗וֹת · of prostitutes
    A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
  39. Isaiah 1:21לְזוֹנָ֔ה · a harlot
    See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!
  40. Isaiah 23:15הַזּוֹנָֽה׃ · of the harlot
    At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:
  41. Isaiah 23:16זוֹנָ֣ה · harlot
    “Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”
  42. Isaiah 23:17וְזָֽנְתָ֛ה · as a prostitute
    And at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.
  43. Isaiah 57:3וַתִּזְנֶֽה׃ · and prostitutes
    “But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
  44. Jeremiah 2:20זֹנָֽה׃ · as a prostitute
    “For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
  45. Jeremiah 3:1זָנִית֙ · have played the harlot
    “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.
  46. Jeremiah 3:3זוֹנָה֙
    Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.