† I. קָדֵשׁn.m. temple-prostitute (man) (cf. RS^{Proph. ii, N. 19}, and v. Assyrian sub √);—ק׳Dt 23:18; coll. 1 K 14:24; 22:47; pl. קְדֵשִׁים15:22 K 23:7; Jb 36:14; also f. קְדֵשָׁה (woman) Dt 23:18; pl. קְדֵשׁוֹתHo 4:14; = harlot, fs. Gn 38:21^(×2), 22 (J).

† זָנָהvb. commit fornication, be a harlot (Arabic زَنَىcommit fornication, Aramaic ܙܢܳܐ, זנא; cf. Ethiopic ዝንየት effusio seminis virilis, semen effusum, Di¹⁰⁵⁵; on this and ዘመወ (comp. by Ges al.) v. Prät^{BAS i.32, Anm.})—
Qal Pf. ז׳Dt 31:16, זָֽנְתָהGn 38:24 + 3 times, etc.; Impf. יִזְנֶ֯ה (Kt) Ez 23:43; תִּזְנֶהLv 19:29 + 4 times; וַתּ֫זֶןJe 3:8Ez 23:5; תִּזְנִיHo 3:3; וַתִּזְנִיJe 3:6 (but read prob. וַתִּזֶן: וַתִּזְנִי is not Aramaic form of 3 fs., v. Kö^{i 540} Kau^{§ 47 g b}) Ez 16:15 + 4 times; וַתִּזְנִיםEz 16:28; יִזְנוּ (Qr) Ez 23:43; וַיִּזְנוּJu 8:27 + 4 times; תִּזְנֶינָהHo 4:13, 14; וַתִּזְנֶינָהEz 23:3; Inf. abs. זָנֹהHo 1:2; cstr. לִזְנוֹתLv 20:5 + 3 times; לִזְנֹתLv 20:6; sf. בִּזְנוֹתֵךְEz 23:30; Pt. זוֹנֶהψ 73:27Ez 6:9; זֹנֶהHo 4:15; pl. זֹנִיםLv 17:7 + 3 times; זוֹנָהDt 23:19 + 25 times; זֹנָהLv 21:7 + 2 times; זוֹנוֹתPr 29:3; זֹנוֹתHo 4:14 + 4 times— 1.be or act as a harlot, abs. Gn 38:24 (J), Dt 22:21 (D), Lv 21:9 (H), Ho 4:13, 14Am 7:17; זונה + (ה)אשׁהJos 2:1; 6:22 (J), Lv 21:7 (H), Ju 11:1; 16:1Pr 6:26Je 3:3Ez 16:30; 23:44; זוֹנָהGn 34:31; 38:15Jos 6:17, 25 (all J), Dt 23:19Lv 21:14 (H), Pr 7:10; 23:27Is 23:15, 16Jo 4:3Mi 1:7^(×2)Ez 16:31; נָשִׁים זֹנוֹת1 K 3:16; ז(ו)נות1 K 22:38Pr 29:3Ho 3:3; 4:14Ez 16:33; בית זונהJe 5:7; commit fornication, man’s act ז׳ אלNu 25:1 (J); metaphorically of a land given to harlotry Lv 19:29. 2. fig. of improper intercourse with foreign nations with acc. pers. Je 3:1Ex 16:28; ז׳ אתIs 23:17; אחריEz 23:30; אלEz 16:26, 28^(×2); ז׳ תַזְנוּתיהEz 23:43Na 3:4; וַתִּזֶן אָהֳלָה תַחְתָּ֑יand Ohola committed fornication (whilst) under meEz 23:5 (cf. Nu 5:19). 3.of intercourse with other deities, considered as harlotry, sometimes involving actual prostitution, ז׳ אחריEx 34:15, 16Dt 31:16 (all J), Lv 17:7; 20:5^(×2) (all H), Ju 2:17; 8:27, 331 Ch 5:25Ez 6:9; 20:30; after אֹבֹת, etc. Lv 20:6 (H), one’s own heart & eyes Nu 15:39 (H); especially of Isr., Judah, and Jerus. under fig. of lewd woman Ez 16:15 (abs.) v 16(על במות), v 17(ז׳ בְ), 23:3^(×2), 19 (abs.), Je 3:1 (c. acc.); v 6, 8 (abs.); abs. elsewhere Ho 2:7; 4:15Is 57:3ψ 106:39; as leaving י׳, sq. מֵעַלHo 9:1; מאחרי1:2^(×2); מתחת4:12; sq. מן alone ψ 73:27; ז(ו)נהJe 2:20Ez 16:35, 41; בית זונהJe 5:7; לִבָּם הַזּוֹנֶהtheir whorish heartEz 6:9. 4.זונה of moral defection Is 1:21.
Pu. Pf. 3 ms. אַחֲרַיִךְ לֹא זוּנָּהfornication was not done (in going) after theeEz 16:34 (but del. Co).
Hiph. Pf. 2 ms. הִזְנֵיתָHo 5:3; 3 pl. הִזְנוּHo 4:10, 18Ex 34:16; Impf. וַיֶּ֫זֶן2 Ch 21:11; וַתַּזְנֶה2 Ch 21:13; Inf. abs. הַזְנֵהHo 4:18; cstr. הַזְגוֹת2 Ch 21:13; sf. לְהַזְנוֹתָהּLv 19:29. 1.cause to commit fornication:a. sexual Lv 19:29 (H). b. religious Ex 34:16 (J), 2 Ch 21:11, 13^(×2). 2.commit fornication:a. sexual Ho 4:10. b. religious Ho 4:18^(×2); 5:3.