'Prostitute' in the Bible
But they answered, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
He asked the men of the place, “Where is the cult prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?”“There has been no cult prostitute here,” they answered.
So the Adullamite returned to Judah, saying, “I couldn’t find her, and furthermore, the men of the place said, ‘There has been no cult prostitute here.’”
About three months later Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law, Tamar, has been acting like a prostitute, and now she is pregnant.”“Bring her out!” Judah said. “Let her be burned to death!”
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Bible Theasaurus
- Prostitute (86 instances)
- Whore (32 instances)