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Prostitute
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PROS'TITUTE, L.prostituo pro and statuo, to set.
1. To offer freely to a lewd use, or to indiscriminate lewdness.
Do not prostitute thy daughter. Leviticus 19
2. To give up to any vile or infamous purpose to devote to any thing base to sell to wickedness as, to prostitute talents to the propagation of infidel principles, to prostitute the press to the publication of blasphemy.
3. To offer or expose upon vile terms or to unworthy persons.
PROS'TITUTE, a. Openly devoted to lewdness sold to wickedness or to infamous purposes.
Made bold by want and prostitute for bread.
PROS'TITUTE, n. A female given to indiscriminate lewdness a strumpet.
1. A base hireling a mercenary one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire.
No hireling she, no prostitute to praise.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Prostitute'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/p/prostitute.html.
Entry for 'Prostitute'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/p/prostitute.html.
