HARLOT

Definition

An abandoned woman, often foreigners among the Jews. The word is also applied figuratively to wicked cities as Ninevah, and Jerusalem; also to Israel referring to their idolatry.

References

Genesis 38:21, Genesis 38:22, Leviticus 21:14, Joshua 2:1, Joshua 6:17, Joshua 6:22, Joshua 6:25, Judges 16:1, Proverbs 7:10, Isaiah 1:21, Isaiah 23:15, Isaiah 23:16, Jeremiah 2:20, Jeremiah 3:1, Jeremiah 3:6, Jeremiah 3:8, Ezekiel 16:15, Ezekiel 16:16, Ezekiel 16:28, Ezekiel 16:31, Ezekiel 16:35, Ezekiel 16:41, Ezekiel 23:5, Ezekiel 23:19, Hosea 3:3, Hosea 4:15, Joel 3:3, Amos 7:17, Micah 1:7, Nahum 3:4, 1 Corinthians 6:16, Hebrews 11:31, James 2:25