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Verse Concepts. When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for the land commits flagrant harlotry, forsaking the Lord.”. Isaiah 23:15-17. Now in that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years like the days of one king.
Harlot [S] Heb. zonah ( Genesis 34:31 ; 38:15 ). In verses 21,22the Hebrew word used in kedeshah , i.e., a woman consecrated or devoted to prostitution in connection with the abominable worship of Asherah or Astarte, the Syrian Venus. This word is also used in Deuteronomy 23:17 ; Hosea 4:14 . Thus Tamar sat by the wayside as a consecrated kedeshah.
harlots in the Bible. also known as: whore, prostitute, camp follower, Cyprian, bawd Greek: πόρναι or πόρνη —transliteration: pornai or porné. Meaning: “prostitute,” “harlot” —a woman or girl who sells her body for sexual uses / one who yields herself to defilement for the sake of gain / In the New Testament, any woman indulging in unlawful sexual intercourse, whether ...
Harlot (prostitute) HARLOT (prostitute), a woman who engages in illicit sexual activity for pay. Hebrew זֹנָה, H2390, a feminine noun formed from the root, זָנָה֒, H2388, “to fornicate,” “to treat as a harlot,” “to act unfaithfully.”. The participial form thus means a “female prostitute” ( Gen 34:31, et al.).
HARLOT. har'-lot: This name replaces in the Revised Version (British and American) "whore" of the King James Version. It stands for several words and phrases used to designate or describe the unchaste woman, married or unmarried, e.g. zonah, 'ishshah nokhriyah, qedheshah; Septuagint and New Testament porne. porneia is used chiefly of prenuptial immorality, but the married woman guilty of ...
Dec 3, 2023 · The term “harlot” in the Bible refers to a sexually promiscuous woman or a prostitute. Understanding the various terms used for harlotry helps to contextualize its meaning within biblical literature. The presence of harlots was not exclusive to biblical times, but rather prevalent among all ancient peoples.
