Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
Where is the harlot?, х haqªdeeshaah (H6948)] - a female consecrated to the service of Ashtoreth (Venus) (cf. Deuteronomy 23:18). It is a different word from that used (Genesis 38:15.)