זָנָה
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)
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)
Etymology & Derivation
a primitive root (highly-fed and therefore wanton);
KJV Usage
(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.
Detailed Definition
From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.
- 1.to commit fornication, be a harlot, play the harlot
- 2.(qal)
- 3.(pual) to play the harlot
- 4.(hiphil)
Scholarly Notes
Transliteration: zânâh; Pronunciation: zaw-naw'