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prostitute, harlot

Definition

The terms "prostitute" and "harlot" both refer to a person who performs sexual acts for money or for religious rites. Prostitutes or harlots were usually female, but some were male.

  • The idiom "play the harlot" means to act like a harlot by being sexually immoral.
  • In the Bible, God sometimes uses the word “prostitute” to figuratively refer to a person who worships false gods or who practices witchcraft.
  • To "prostitute oneself" to something means to be sexually immoral or when used figuratively, to be unfaithful to God by worshiping false gods.
  • In ancient times, some pagan temples used male and female prostitutes as part of their rituals.
  • This term could be translated by the word or phrase that is used in the project language to refer to this kind of person. Some languages may have a euphemistic term that is used for this. (See: en/ta-vol2/translate/man/figs_euphemism)