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Strong's H2181

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H2181

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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance dictionaries from openscriptures/strongs. CC BY-SA 4.0 / Public Domain. Derived from James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890/1894.

זָנָהzânâhzaw-naw'

Short Definition: to commit adultery (usually of the female
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)
KJV Definition: (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-whoring, whorish.

Hebrew occurrences:277

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Brown–Driver–Briggs: זָנָה
STEP Hebrew Lexicon: זָנָה

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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance dictionaries from openscriptures/strongs. CC BY-SA 4.0 / Public Domain. Derived from James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890/1894.