{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2181",
  "lemma": "זָנָה",
  "transliteration": "zânâh",
  "definition": "to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the…",
  "kjv": "(cause to) commit fornication, [idiom] continually, [idiom] great, (be an, play the)…",
  "occurrences": 93,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "זָנָה vb. commit fornication, be a harlot",
    "Qal",
    "1. be or act as a harlot",
    "2. fig. of improper intercourse with foreign nations",
    "3. of intercourse with other deities",
    "4. of moral defection",
    "Pu. fornication was not done (in going) after thee",
    "Hiph.",
    "1. cause to commit fornication",
    "2. commit fornication"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 34:31",
      "text": "They said, “Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/34?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:15",
      "text": "When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:24",
      "text": "About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 34:15",
      "text": "“Don’t make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, lest they play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/34?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 34:16",
      "text": "and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters play the prostitute after their gods, and make your…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/34?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 17:7",
      "text": "They shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat idols, after which they play the prostitute. This shall be a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/17?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 19:29",
      "text": "“‘Don’t profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/19?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 20:5",
      "text": "then I will set my face against that man and against his family, and will cut him off, and all who play the prostitute…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/20?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 20:6",
      "text": "“‘The person that turns to those who are mediums and wizards, to play the prostitute after them, I will even set my…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/20?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 21:7",
      "text": "“‘They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane. A priest shall not marry a woman divorced from her…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/21?v=7"
    }
  ],
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