Paramour
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) Love; gallantry.
(2): ( adv.) Alt. of Paramours
(3): ( n.) A lover, of either sex; a wooer or a mistress (formerly in a good sense, now only in a bad one); one who takes the place, without possessing the rights, of a husband or wife; - used of a man or a woman.
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
Ezekiel 23:20 Hosea 3:1
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
is in one passage of the A.V. ( Ezekiel 23:20) properly the rendering of פַּלֶּגֶשׁ , Pille'Gesh (whence the Greek Παλλακίς ), a concubine (q.v.), as elsewhere rendered, being in every other instance used only of a female.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
par´a - moor ( פּלּגשׁ , pilleghesh , "a concubine," masculine or feminine): A term applied in Ezekiel 23:20 to the male lover, but elsewhere translated "concubine."
