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harlot

Meaning of “harlot”

Sense 1: A woman who practises prostitution or sexual unfaithfulness. Sense 2: Figuratively, a person, city, or nation portrayed as unfaithful.

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40 occurrences38 verses16 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 34:31

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Isaiah 1:21
¶ How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 1:21 · retained source text

¶ Howe is the faithfull citie become an harlot? it was full of iudgement, righteousnesse lodged in it; but now murtherers.

Isaiah 23:15
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 23:15 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seuentie yeeres according to the dayes of one king: after the end of seuentie yeeres shall Tyre sing as an harlot.

1611 marginal noteHeb. it shal be vnto Tyre as the song of an harlot.

Isaiah 23:16
Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 23:16 · retained source text

Take an harpe, goe about the city thou harlot, that hast beene forgotten, make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembred.

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