What does זָנָה · πόρνη mean in the Bible?
זָנָה · πόρνη is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a woman engaged in sexual immorality".
Hebrew · H2181, G4204
זוֹנָה
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) · a strumpet; figuratively, an idolater
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זָנָהH2181to 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)
Pronunciationzanah
Metaphor of covenant betrayal: Israel's idolatry portrayed as marital unfaithfulness to Yahweh.
Open lexicon entry →πόρνηG4204a strumpet; figuratively, an idolater
Pronunciationpórnē
Woman engaged in sexual immorality; metaphorically, a city/system in idolatrous rebellion against God.
Open lexicon entry →What does זוֹנָה (zonah) mean in the Bible?
זָנָה · πόρνη is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a woman engaged in sexual immorality".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H2181, G4204?
H2181, G4204 is connected to 93 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a woman engaged in sexual immorality
Source Gloss
a woman engaged in sexual immorality
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups3Aligned forms47
Qalbasic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense40×
Participle activeDeut 23:19 · Ezek 16:30 · Ezek 16:33 · Ezek 16:35 · Ezek 20:30 · Ezek 23:44 · Hos 4:15 · Isa 23:16 · Jer 2:20 · Jer 3:3 · Jer 5:7 · Josh 2:1 · Judg 11:1 · Judg 16:1 · Lev 17:7 · Mic 1:724×
ImperfectAmos 7:17 · Hos 1:2 · Lev 19:29 · Hos 4:13 · Hos 4:14 · Ezek 23:43 · Hos 3:38×
PerfectEzek 23:19 · Gen 38:24 · Hos 2:7 · Ezek 23:3 · Judg 2:17 · Hos 9:1 · Jer 3:17×
Infinitive absoluteHos 1:21×
Hiphilcausative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action4×
PerfectHos 4:10 · Hos 4:18 · Hos 5:33×
Infinitive absoluteHos 4:181×
Pualintensive passive — intensive action received by the subject1×
PerfectEzek 16:341×
Word Origins
זוֹנָה is a primitive root - no further derivation.