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1 Kings 3:16

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Masoretic Text 1524

H227 Then אז

H935 came תבאנה

H8147 there two שׁתים

H802 women נשׁים

H2185 זנות

H413 unto אל

H4428 the king המלך

H5975 and stood ותעמדנה

H6440 before לפניו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H227 Then

H935 came

there

H8147 two

H802 women

that

were

H2181 harlots

H413 unto

the

H4428 king

and

H5975 stood

H6440 before

him

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H2181

Hebrew: זָנָה

Transliteration: zânâh

Pronunciation: zaw-naw'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: (cause to) commit {fornication} X-(idiom) {continually} X-(idiom) {great} (be {an} play the) {harlot} (cause to {be} play the) {whore} ({commit} fall to) {whoredom} (cause to) go {a-whoring} whorish.

Definition:

to commit adultery (usually of the {female} and less often of simple {forniciation} rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)

1. to commit fornication, be a harlot, play the harlot

a. (Qal)

1. to be a harlot, act as a harlot, commit fornication

2. to commit adultery

3. to be a cult prostitute

4. to be unfaithful (to God) (fig.)

b. (Pual) to play the harlot

c. (Hiphil)

1. to cause to commit adultery

2. to force into prostitution

3. to commit fornication

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906