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Hebrew word · H2181

זָנָה

zoneh

to fornicate

Appears 94 times in 83 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

Where it appears

Genesis · 3
  1. Genesis 34:31 הַכְזוֹנָ֕ה ¿ like a prostitute

    But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”

  2. Genesis 38:15 לְזוֹנָ֑ה to a prostitute

    When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.

  3. Genesis 38:24 זָֽנְתָה֙ she has acted as a prostitute

    About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”

Exodus · 3
  1. Exodus 34:15 וְזָנ֣וּ׀ and they will prostitute themselves

    Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.

  2. Exodus 34:16 וְזָנ֣וּ וְהִזְנוּ֙ and they will prostitute themselves, and they will make prostitute [themselves]

    And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.

Leviticus · 9
  1. Leviticus 17:7 זֹנִ֖ים [are] prostituting themselves

    They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’

  2. Leviticus 19:29 לְהַזְנוֹתָ֑הּ תִזְנֶ֣ה by making prostitute [herself] her, it will prostitute itself

    You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.

  3. Leviticus 20:5 הַזֹּנִ֣ים לִזְנ֛וֹת those [who] act as prostitutes, by acting as prostitutes

    then I will set My face against that man and his family and cut off from among their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech.

  4. Leviticus 20:6 לִזְנ֖וֹת to act as a prostitute

    Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.

  5. Leviticus 21:7 זֹנָ֤ה a prostitute

    A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

  6. Leviticus 21:9 לִזְנ֑וֹת by acting as a prostitute

    If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.

  7. Leviticus 21:14 זֹנָ֔ה a prostitute

    He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,

Numbers · 2
  1. Numbers 15:39 זֹנִ֖ים [are] acting as prostitutes

    These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.

  2. Numbers 25:1 לִזְנ֖וֹת to commit fornication

    While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,

Deuteronomy · 3
  1. Deuteronomy 22:21 לִזְנ֖וֹת by acting as a prostitute

    she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.

  2. Deuteronomy 23:18 זוֹנָ֜ה a prostitute

    You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.

  3. Deuteronomy 31:16 וְזָנָ֣ה׀ and it will act as a prostitute

    And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.

Joshua · 4
  1. Joshua 2:1 זוֹנָ֛ה a prostitute

    Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

  2. Joshua 6:17 הַזּוֹנָ֜ה the prostitute

    Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.

  3. Joshua 6:22 הַזּוֹנָ֑ה the prostitute

    Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.”

  4. Joshua 6:25 הַ֠זּוֹנָה the prostitute

    And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho. So she has lived among the Israelites to this day.

Judges · 6
  1. Judges 2:17 זָנ֗וּ they acted as prostitutes

    Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.

  2. Judges 8:27 וַיִּזְנ֧וּ and they acted as prostitutes

    From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.

  3. Judges 8:33 וַיִּזְנ֖וּ and they acted as prostitutes

    And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.

  4. Judges 11:1 זוֹנָ֑ה a prostitute

    Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.

  5. Judges 16:1 זוֹנָ֔ה a prostitute

    One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.

  6. Judges 19:2 וַתִּזְנֶ֤ה and she was angry

    But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,

1 Kings · 2
  1. 1 Kings 3:16 זֹנ֖וֹת prostitutes

    At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

  2. 1 Kings 22:38 וְהַזֹּנ֖וֹת and the prostitutes

    And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.

1 Chronicles · 1
  1. 1 Chronicles 5:25 וַיִּזְנ֗וּ and they played [the] prostitute

    But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and they prostituted themselves with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.

2 Chronicles · 3
  1. 2 Chronicles 21:11 וַיֶּ֙זֶן֙ and he made prostitute [themselves]

    Jehoram had also built high places on the hills of Judah; he had caused the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves and had led Judah astray.

  2. 2 Chronicles 21:13 וַתַּזְנֶ֤ה כְּהַזְנ֖וֹת and you have made prostitute [themselves], as made [them] prostitute [themselves]

    but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have also killed your brothers, your father’s family, who were better than you.

Psalms · 2
  1. Psalm 73:27 זוֹנֶ֥ה [one who] acts as a prostitute

    Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.

  2. Psalm 106:39 וַ֝יִּזְנוּ֗ and they played [the] prostitute

    They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

Proverbs · 4
  1. Proverbs 6:26 זוֹנָ֗ה a prostitute

    For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

  2. Proverbs 7:10 ז֝וֹנָ֗ה a prostitute

    Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.

  3. Proverbs 23:27 זוֹנָ֑ה a prostitute

    For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.

  4. Proverbs 29:3 ז֝וֹנ֗וֹת prostitutes

    A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

Isaiah · 5
  1. Isaiah 1:21 לְזוֹנָ֔ה <into> a prostitute

    See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!

  2. Isaiah 23:15 הַזּוֹנָֽה׃ the prostitute

    At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:

  3. Isaiah 23:16 זוֹנָ֣ה O prostitute

    “Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”

  4. Isaiah 23:17 וְזָֽנְתָ֛ה and it will act [the] prostitute

    And at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.

  5. Isaiah 57:3 וַתִּזְנֶֽה׃ and she has played [the] prostitute

    “But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!

Jeremiah · 6
  1. Jeremiah 2:20 זֹנָֽה׃ a prostitute

    “For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

  2. Jeremiah 3:1 זָנִית֙ you have acted as a prostitute

    “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.

  3. Jeremiah 3:3 זוֹנָה֙ a prostitute

    Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.

  4. Jeremiah 3:6 וַתִּזְנִי־ and she has acted as a prostitute

    Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

  5. Jeremiah 3:8 וַתִּ֥זֶן and she acted as a prostitute

    She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.

  6. Jeremiah 5:7 זוֹנָ֖ה a prostitute

    “Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.

Ezekiel · 22
  1. Ezekiel 6:9 הַזּוֹנֶ֗ה הַזֹּנ֕וֹת [which] plays the prostitute, [which] play the prostitute

    Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.

  2. Ezekiel 16:15 וַתִּזְנִ֖י and you acted as a prostitute

    But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.

  3. Ezekiel 16:16 וַתִּזְנִ֖י and you acted as a prostitute

    You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them you prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred!

  4. Ezekiel 16:17 וַתִּזְנִי־ and you acted as a prostitute

    You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself.

  5. Ezekiel 16:26 וַתִּזְנִ֧י and you acted as a prostitute

    You prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.

  6. Ezekiel 16:28 וַתִּזְנִי֙ וַתִּזְנִ֕ים and you acted as a prostitute, and you acted as a prostitute with them

    Then you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied.

  7. Ezekiel 16:30 זוֹנָ֖ה a prostitute

    How weak-willed is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, while you do all these things, the acts of a shameless prostitute!

  8. Ezekiel 16:31 כַּזּוֹנָ֖ה like <the> prostitute

    But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.

  9. Ezekiel 16:33 זֹנ֖וֹת prostitutes

    Men give gifts to all their prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your lovers. You bribed them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.

  10. Ezekiel 16:34 זוּנָּ֑ה it was approached for prostitution

    So your prostitution is the opposite of that of other women: No one solicited your favors, and you paid a fee instead of receiving one; so you are the very opposite!

  11. Ezekiel 16:35 זוֹנָ֔ה O prostitute

    Therefore, O prostitute, hear the word of the LORD!

  12. Ezekiel 16:41 מִזּוֹנָ֔ה from a prostitute

    Then they will burn down your houses and execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will never again pay your lovers.

  13. Ezekiel 20:30 זֹנִֽים׃ acting as prostitutes

    Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: Will you defile yourselves the way your fathers did, prostituting yourselves with their abominations?

  14. Ezekiel 23:3 וַתִּזְנֶ֣ינָה זָנ֑וּ and they acted as prostitutes, they acted as prostitutes

    and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.

  15. Ezekiel 23:5 וַתִּ֥זֶן and she acted as a prostitute

    Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors

  16. Ezekiel 23:19 זָנְתָ֖ה she acted as a prostitute

    Yet she multiplied her promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth, when she had prostituted herself in the land of Egypt

  17. Ezekiel 23:30 בִּזְנוֹתֵךְ֙ because acted as a prostitute you

    have brought these things upon you, because you have prostituted yourself with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.

  18. Ezekiel 23:43 יִזְנ֥וּ they will act as a prostitutes

    Then I said of her who had grown old in adulteries: ‘Now let them use her as a prostitute, for that is all she is!’

  19. Ezekiel 23:44 זוֹנָ֑ה a prostitute

    And they slept with her as with a prostitute; they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, those lewd women.

Hosea · 14
  1. Hosea 1:2 זָנֹ֤ה תִזְנֶה֙ continually <prostitute itself>, it prostitutes itself

    When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”

  2. Hosea 2:5 זָֽנְתָה֙ she has prostituted herself

    For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’

  3. Hosea 3:3 תִזְנִ֔י you must prostitute yourself

    Then I said to her, “You must live with me for many days; you must not be promiscuous or belong to another, and I will do the same for you.”

  4. Hosea 4:10 הִזְנ֖וּ they will prostitute themselves

    They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves

  5. Hosea 4:12 וַיִּזְנ֖וּ and they have prostituted themselves

    My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.

  6. Hosea 4:13 תִּזְנֶ֙ינָה֙ they prostitute themselves

    They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.

  7. Hosea 4:14 תִזְנֶ֗ינָה הַזֹּנ֣וֹת they prostitute themselves, the prostitutes

    I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.

  8. Hosea 4:15 זֹנֶ֤ה [are] prostituting yourself

    Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’

  9. Hosea 4:18 הַזְנֵ֣ה הִזְנ֔וּ certainly <to prostitute themselves>, they have prostituted themselves

    When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.

  10. Hosea 5:3 הִזְנֵ֣יתָ you have prostituted yourself

    I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.

  11. Hosea 9:1 זָנִ֖יתָ you have prostituted yourself

    Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.

Joel · 1
  1. Joel 3:3 בַּזּוֹנָ֔ה for the prostitute

    They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.

Amos · 1
  1. Amos 7:17 תִּזְנֶה֙ she will be a prostitute

    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”

Micah · 2
  1. Micah 1:7 זוֹנָה֙ זוֹנָ֖ה a prostitute

    All her carved images will be smashed to pieces; all her wages will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again on a prostitute.

Nahum · 1
  1. Nahum 3:4 זוֹנָ֔ה a prostitute

    because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.

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