Hebrew · H6948, H2181

קְדֵשָׁה / זוֹנָה

A female devotee (i.e. prostitute) · 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)

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קְדֵשָׁהH6948a female devotee (i.e. prostitute)

Pronunciationqĕdēšāh

Sacred devotion corrupted: a woman consecrated to fertility cult prostitution, conflating religious and sexual transgression

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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.

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