Strong's H2181 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: זָנָה (zânâh)

Pronunciation: zaw-naw'

Morphology: v

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

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 Renderings: (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.

Senses

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

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.