זָנָה
zânâh(zaw-naw')
“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)”
92 occurrencesOld TestamentCommon word
Definition
From Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906)
Strong’s 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)
Translated in KJV as
(cause to) commit fornication[idiom] continually[idiom] great(be an, play the) harlot(cause to be, play the) whore(commit, fall to) whoredom(cause to) go a-whoringwhorish.
Etymology
a primitive root (highly-fed and therefore wanton);
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