Hebrew word study

זָנָהzânâh — to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often…

Pronounced “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)

Translated in the King James as: (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.

Appears 94 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root (highly-fed and therefore wanton);

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