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Prostitution

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Strong's Concordance

Prostitution

Indexed occurrences: 23

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All Scripture references32 references

Leviticus 3

Leviticus 19:29Leviticus 21:7Leviticus 21:14

Deuteronomy 1

Deuteronomy 23:17

1 Kings 2

1 Kings 11:11 Kings 22:38

Jeremiah 2

Jeremiah 3:2Jeremiah 13:27

Ezekiel 12

Ezekiel 16:20Ezekiel 16:22Ezekiel 16:34Ezekiel 16:41Ezekiel 23:8Ezekiel 23:11Ezekiel 23:14Ezekiel 23:27Ezekiel 23:29Ezekiel 23:35Ezekiel 43:7Ezekiel 43:9

Hosea 6

Hosea 4:12Hosea 4:13Hosea 4:18Hosea 5:3Hosea 5:4Hosea 6:10

Nahum 1

Nahum 3:4

Luke 1

Luke 15:30

1 Corinthians 1

1 Corinthians 6:13

Galatians 1

Galatians 5:19

1 Timothy 1

1 Timothy 1:10

James 1

James 2:25

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Ancient Context1 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

The Polity Settled By Moses; And How He Disappeared From Among Mankind.

Antiquities Book 4, Chapter 8

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PROSTITUTION

Nave’s Topical Bible references for PROSTITUTION.

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Harlot

(1.) Heb. zonah (Gen. 34:31; 38:15). In verses 21, 22 the 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 Deut. 23:17; Hos. 4:14. Thus Tamar sat by the wayside as a consecrated kedeshah. It has been attempted to show that Rahab, usually called a "harlot" (Josh. 2:1; 6:17; Heb. 11:31; James 2:25), was only an innkeeper. This interpretation, however, cannot be maintained. Jephthah's mother is called a "strange woman" (Judg. 11:2). This, however, merely denotes that she was of foreign extraction. In the time of Solomon harlots appeared openly in the streets, and he solemnly warns against association with them (Prov. 7:12; 9:14. See also Jer. 3:2; Ezek. 16:24, 25, 31). The Revised Version, following the LXX., has "and the harlots washed," etc., instead of the rendering of the Authorized Version, "now they washed," of 1 Kings 22:38. To commit fornication is metaphorically used for to practice idolatry (Jer. 3:1; Ezek. 16:15; Hos. throughout); hence Jerusalem is spoken of as a harlot (Isa. 1:21). (2.) Heb. nokriyah, the "strange woman" (1 Kings 11:1; Prov. 5:20; 7:5; 23:27). Those so designated were Canaanites and other Gentiles (Josh. 23:13). To the same class belonged the "foolish", i.e., the sinful, "woman." In the New Testament the Greek pornai, plural, "harlots," occurs in Matt. 21:31, 32, where they are classed with publicans; Luke 15:30; 1 Cor. 6:15, 16; Heb. 11:31; James 2:25. It is used symbolically in Rev. 17:1, 5, 15, 16; 19:2.

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