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H2181זָנָהza.nah

to fornicatePart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 3
  2. 3
  3. 9
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. 6
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 2
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1
  14. 3
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. 2
  20. 4
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 5
  24. 6
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 22
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 14
  29. 1
  30. 1
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 2
  34. 1
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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94 occurrences in 83 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 34:31

    And they said: 'Should one deal with our sister as with a harlot?'

    הַכְזוֹנָ֕ה (זוֹנָ֕ה) zo.Nah “a prostitute”

  2. Genesis 38:15

    When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face.

    לְזוֹנָ֑ה (זוֹנָ֑ה) zo.Nah “a prostitute”

  3. Genesis 38:24

    And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying: 'Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by harlotry.' And Judah said: 'Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.'

    זָֽנְתָה֙ za.ne.Tah “she has acted as a prostitute”

  4. Exodus 34:15

    lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go astray after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and they call thee, and thou eat of their sacrifice;

    וְזָנ֣וּ׀ (זָנ֣וּ) za.Nu “they will prostitute themselves”

  5. Exodus 34:16

    and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go astray after their gods, and make thy sons go astray after their gods.

    וְזָנ֣וּ (זָנ֣וּ) za.Nu “they will prostitute themselves”וְהִזְנוּ֙ (הִזְנוּ֙) hiz.Nu “they will make prostitute [themselves]”

  6. Leviticus 17:7

    And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto the satyrs, after whom they go astray. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.

    זֹנִ֖ים zo.Nim “[are] prostituting themselves”

  7. Leviticus 19:29

    Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry, and the land become full of lewdness.

    לְהַזְנוֹתָ֑הּ (הַזְנוֹתָ֑) haz.no.Ta “making prostitute [herself]”תִזְנֶ֣ה tiz.Neh “it will prostitute itself”

  8. Leviticus 20:5

    then I will set My face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go astray after him, to go astray after Molech, from among their people.

    הַזֹּנִ֣ים (זֹּנִ֣ים) zo.Nim “[who] act as prostitutes”לִזְנ֛וֹת (זְנ֛וֹת) z.Not “acting as prostitutes”

  9. Leviticus 20:6

    And the soul that turneth unto the ghosts, and unto the familiar spirits, to go astray after them, I will even set My face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

    לִזְנ֖וֹת (זְנ֖וֹת) z.Not “act as a prostitute”

  10. Leviticus 21:7

    They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profaned; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God.

    זֹנָ֤ה zo.Nah “a prostitute”

  11. Leviticus 21:9

    And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

    לִזְנ֑וֹת (זְנ֑וֹת) z.Not “acting as a prostitute”

  12. Leviticus 21:14

    A widow, or one divorced, or a profaned woman, or a harlot, these shall he not take; but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife.

    זֹנָ֔ה zo.Nah “a prostitute”

  13. Numbers 15:39

    And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye go not about after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go astray;

    זֹנִ֖ים zo.Nim “[are] acting as prostitutes”

  14. Numbers 25:1

    And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.

    לִזְנ֖וֹת (זְנ֖וֹת) z.Not “commit fornication”

  15. Deuteronomy 22:21

    then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die; because she hath wrought a wanton deed in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house; so shalt thou put away t

    לִזְנ֖וֹת (זְנ֖וֹת) z.Not “acting as a prostitute”

  16. Deuteronomy 23:19

    Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow; for even both these are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

    זוֹנָ֜ה zo.Nah “a prostitute”

  17. Deuteronomy 31:16

    And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Behold, thou art about to sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go astray after the foreign gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake Me, and break My covenant which I have mad

    וְזָנָ֣ה׀ (זָנָ֣ה) za.Nah “it will act as a prostitute”

  18. Joshua 2:1

    And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two spies secretly, saying: 'Go view the land, and Jericho.' And they went, and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.

    זוֹנָ֛ה zo.Nah “a prostitute”

  19. Joshua 6:17

    And the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to the LORD; only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

    הַזּוֹנָ֜ה (זּוֹנָ֜ה) zo.Nah “prostitute”

  20. Joshua 6:22

    And Joshua said unto the two men that had spied out the land: 'Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye swore unto her.'

    הַזּוֹנָ֑ה (זּוֹנָ֑ה) zo.Nah “prostitute”

  21. Joshua 6:25

    But Rahab the harlot, and her father's household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel, unto this day; because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

    הַ֠זּוֹנָה (זּוֹנָה) zo.nah “prostitute”

  22. Judges 2:17

    And yet they hearkened not unto their judges, for they went astray after other gods, and worshipped them; they turned aside quickly out of the way wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of the LORD; they did not so.

    זָנ֗וּ za.Nu “they acted as prostitutes”

  23. Judges 8:27

    And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah; and all Israel went astray after it there; and it became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

    וַיִּזְנ֧וּ (יִּזְנ֧וּ) i.yiz.Nu “they acted as prostitutes”

  24. Judges 8:33

    And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel again went astray after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.

    וַיִּזְנ֖וּ (יִּזְנ֖וּ) i.yiz.Nu “they acted as prostitutes”

  25. Judges 11:1

    Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot Jephthah.

    זוֹנָ֑ה zo.Nah “a prostitute”