זֹנוֹת
zōnôt
commit fornication
Strong's H2185NounHebrewTWOT 563

זֹנוֹת (zōnôt) is a Hebrew noun meaning commit fornication. It appears 2 times in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2185).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 563)

Range of meaning (TWOT 563)commit fornication, be a harlot; be, act as a harlot, of improper intercourse with foreign nations, of intercourse with other deities; cause to commit fornication; commit adultery, commit idolatry, harlots; whore, whoredom…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

זָנָה verb: commit fornication, be a harlot

Strong's H2181 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)
KJV:(cause to) commit fornication, × continually, × great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.

Strong's H2185 זֹנוֹת: harlots
KJV:armour.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

1 Kings 3:16

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