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whorish

Meaning of “whorish”

Lewd; unchaste; addicted to unlawful sexual pleasures; incontinent.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
3 occurrences3 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Proverbs 6:26

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “whorish”

KJV PCE
Proverbs 6:26
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 6:26 · retained source text

For by meanes of a whorish woman, a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteresse will hunt for the precious life.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the woman of a man, or a mans wife.

Ezekiel 6:9
And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 6:9 · retained source text

And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations, whither they shalbe caried captiues, because I am broken with their whorish heart which hath departed from me, and with their eyes which goe a whoring after their idoles: and they shall loathe themselues for the euils which they haue committed in all their abominations.

Ezekiel 16:30
How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord God, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 16:30 · retained source text

How weake is thine heart, saith the LORD God, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman?

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Lewd; unchaste; addicted to unlawful sexual pleasures; incontinent.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 929