1 Kings 3:16
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
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Harlots
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Revelation 17:5
And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
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πόρνη
pórnē · por'-nay
4 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
a strumpet; figuratively, an idolater
Strong's KJV usage: :--harlot, whore.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 21:31Strong's last: Revelation 17:5
Open full G4204 profile →זָנָה
zânâh · zaw-naw'
3 times translated as this KJV form92 total Strong's occurrences
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)
Strong's KJV usage: (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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Kings 3:16Strong's last: Jeremiah 5:7
Open full H2181 profile →קְדֵשָׁה
qᵉdêshâh · ked-ay-shaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
a female devotee (i.e. prostitute)
Strong's KJV usage: harlot, whore.
Strong's first: Hosea 4:14Strong's last: Hosea 4:14
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H2181
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
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harlot
H'ARLOT, noun
1. A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a common woman.
2. In Scripture, one who forsakes the true God and worships idols. Isaiah 1:21.
3. A servant; a rogue; a cheat.
H'ARLOT, adjective Wanton; lewd; low; base.
H'ARLOT, verb intransitive To practice lewdness.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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