Lexicon
זֹנוֹת
zo.not
H2185
H:N-F Hebrew

prostitute

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Hebrew
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zo.not denotes women identified in the verses as prostitutes, whether appearing before the king or bathing by Samaria’s pool.

The two attestations identify women as prostitutes: two women stand before the king in 1 Kings 3:16, and women bathe at the pool of Samaria in 1 Kings 22:38.

Senses in use

  1. Women identified as prostitutes · dominant

    Both occurrences use a Qal active participle, feminine plural, absolute form. In 1 Kings 3:16 the APB renders “two women who were prostitutes” as coming before the king; in 1 Kings 22:38 it renders “the prostitutes” as bathing where the chariot was washed.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the form as “prostitutes” in both verses, once describing two women before the king and once women bathing at Samaria’s pool. This reflects the clauses’ presentation rather than a precise lexical mapping.

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