Strong's Number 2181

The Linked Word Project

Transliteration:

zanah {zaw-naw'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root [highly-fed and therefore wanton]

TWOT:

563

Part of Speech:

verb

Usage in the KJV:

...harlot 36, go a whoring 19, ...whoredom 15, whore 11, commit fornication 3, whorish 3, harlot 0802 2, commit 1, continually 1, great 1, whore's 0802 1

Total: 93

Definition:

to commit fornication, be a harlot, play the harlot
1. (Qal)
  1. to be a harlot, act as a harlot, commit fornication
  2. to commit adultery
  3. to be a cult prostitute
  4. to be unfaithful (to God) (fig.)
2. (Pual) to play the harlot
3. (Hiphil)
  1. to cause to commit adultery
  2. to force into prostitution
  3. to commit fornication