KJV dictionary & concordance

whore

Meaning of “whore”

Sense 1: A woman who engages in prostitution or unlawful sexual intercourse. Sense 2: Figuratively, a city or people portrayed as unfaithful.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

14 occurrences14 verses7 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Leviticus 19:29

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KJV PCE

And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Judges 19:2 · retained source text

And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him vnto her fathers house to Bethlehem Iudah, and was there foure whole moneths.

1611 marginal noteOr, a yeere and foure moneths. Heb. dayes, foure moneths.

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Historical English dictionary sources

To practise unlawful sexual intercourse or lewdness.

volume 2, leaf 929, column 1 (main_dictionary)

A harlot or prostitute.

volume 2, leaf 929, column 1 (main_dictionary)