Words the Bible translates as commit fornication
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- zanahזָנָהto be sexually unfaithful: to have sex outside marriage or to be a prostitute, and by extension to betray God the way an unfaithful wife betrays her husband
- porneuōπορνεύωto commit sexual immorality: to actually engage in sex that falls outside the boundaries the law of Moses set for marriage
+1 more meaning
- to be unfaithful to God by binding oneself to a corrupt power, pictured as sleeping with a prostitute
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