Strong's Number H2181

זָנָה

zanah · zaw-naw'

Transliteration:

zanah{zaw-naw'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root [highly-fed and therefore wanton]

TWOT:

563

Part of Speech:

verb

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)

Usage in the KJV:

...harlot 34, go a whoring 10, ...whoredom 15, whore 20, commit fornication 3, whorish 3, harlot 802 2, commit 2, continually 1, great 1, whore's 802 1

Total: 93
Occurs 94 times in the Hebrew text.

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