זוֹנָה f. (b. h.; זָנָה) [degenerate, degraded,] 1) (in marriage law) one unfit to marry a priest (v. זָהַם). Yeb. VI, 5 שהיא ז׳ האמורה וכ׳ for that (אַיְלוֹנִית) is the zonah meant in the Law (Lev. XXI, 7, as one not married for propagation). Ib. אין ז׳ אלא וכ׳ a zonah (unfit to marry a priest) is none but a proselyte, a freed-woman and one who has had connection in forbidden grades of relationship. Ib. 61ᵇ, a. e. פנוי … עשאה ז׳ if an unmarried man has had connection with an unmarried woman without the intention of marriage, he has made her a zonah (for priesthood), Ib. ז׳ ז׳ כשמה the Biblical zonah means what the name indicates (a faithless wife); ib. ז׳ מופקרת zonah means a prostitute; a. fr. —2) harlot. Ber. 23ᵃ. Ḥag. 15ᵃ (in Chald. diction) אשכח ז׳ he met a prostitute. Snh. 82ᵃ; a. fr.—Pl. זוֹנוֹת. Ab. Zar. 17ᵇ, a. e. קובה של ז׳ (Roman) house of prostitution. Snh. 95ᵇ; a. fr.