Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 38:15 - Harlot
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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When Judah | H3063 | יְהוּדָה |
[Proper Name Masculine] celebrated; Jehudah (or {Judah}) the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the {first} and of its territory |
saw | H7200 | רָאָה |
[Verb] to {see} literally or figuratively (in numerous {applications} direct and {implied} {transitively} intransitively and causatively) |
her he thought | H2803 | חָשַׁב |
[Verb] properly to plait or {interpenetrate} that {is} (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to {think} regard: {value} compute |
her to be an harlot | H2181 | זָנָה |
[Verb] to commit adultery (usually of the {female} and less often of simple {forniciation} rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah) |
because | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
she had covered | H3680 | כָּסָה |
[Verb] properly to {plump} that {is} fill up hollows; by implication to cover (for clothing or secrecy) |
her face | H6440 | פָּנִים |
[Noun Masculine] from 6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ({before } etc.) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.