זֹנוֹת
zonot · prostitutes
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2185 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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zonot (זֹנוֹת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “prostitutes”.
Women who give themselves for pay. It is the plural of the usual word for "prostitute."
How to say it
zo·not
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Women who give their bodies for money.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Kings 3:16
Then two women, prostitutes, came to the king and stood before him.
- 1 Kings 22:38
They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood —and the prostitutes bathed there— according to the word of YHWH that he had spoken.