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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4203 - πορνεύω

Transliteration

porneúō

Phonetics

porn-yoo'-o

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G4204)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

6:579,918

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to prostitute one's body to the lust of another
to give one's self to unlawful sexual intercourse
1. to commit fornication
metaph. to be given to idolatry, to worship idols
1. to permit one's self to be drawn away by another into idolatry

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2181 ‑ זָנָה (zaw‑naw'); 6945 ‑ קָדֵשׁ (kaw‑dashe');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (8)

1 Corinthians 3

Revelation 5

NAS (14)

1 Corinthians 4

Revelation 10

HCS (8)

1 Corinthians 3

Revelation 5

BSB (8)

1 Corinthians 3

Revelation 5

ESV (8)

1 Corinthians 3

Revelation 5

WEB (8)

1 Corinthians 3

Revelation 5

KJV (8)

committed 1

fornication 7

NAS (14)

act 1

commit 2

committed 3

did 1

immoral 1

immorality 5

immorally 1

HCS (8)

to commit sexual immorality 2

commit sexual immorality 1

committed sexual immorality 1

did 1

have committed sexual immorality 1

person who is sexually immoral 1

who have committed sexual immorality 1

BSB (8)

We should not commit sexual immorality 1

[did] 1

commit sexual immorality 1

committed sexual immorality 1

sins sexually 1

to be sexually immoral 1

were immoral 1

were sexually immoral 1

ESV (8)

did 1

immoral person 1

immorality 5

sexual immorality 1

WEB (8)

commits sexual immorality 1

committed 1

committed sexual immorality 3

let us commit sexual immorality 1

to commit sexual immorality 2

RAH

V-AAI2S 3

V-AAI3P 4

V-AAI3S 1

V-AAN 1

V-AAS2S 1

V-FAI3S 1

V-IAI3P 1

V-PAPASM 1

V-PAPDPM 1

V-PAPNPM 1

V-PAPNSM 1

V-PAS3P 1

V-XAI3P 1

ANT

V-AAI-3P 3

V-AAN 2

V-AAP-NPM 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

V-PAS-1P 1

BEZ

V-AAI-3P 3

V-AAN 2

V-AAP-NPM 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

V-PAS-1P 1

BGB

V-AIA-3P 3

V-ANA 2

V-APA-NMP 1

V-PPA-NMS 1

V-PSA-1P 1

BMT

V-AAI-3P 2

V-AAN 2

V-AAP-NPM 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

V-PAS-1P 1

BYZ

V-AAI-3P 2

V-AAN 2

V-AAP-NPM 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

V-PAS-1P 1

ELZ

V-AAI-3P 3

V-AAN 2

V-AAP-NPM 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

V-PAS-1P 1

NA26

V-AAI-3P 3

V-AAN 2

V-AAPNPM 1

V-PAPNSM 1

V-PAS-1P 1

SBL

V-1PASP 1

V-3AAIP 3

V-AAN 2

V-AAPNPM 1

V-PAPNSM 1

SCV

V-AAI-3P 3

V-AAN 2

V-AAP-NPM 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

V-PAS-1P 1

STV

V-AAI-3P 3

V-AAN 2

V-AAP-NPM 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

V-PAS-1P 1

TIS

V-AAI-3P 3

V-AAN 2

V-AAP-NPM 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

V-PAS-1P 1

V-AAI-3P 3

V-AAN 2

V-AAP-NPM 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

V-PAS-1P 1

V-AAI-3P 3

V-AAN 2

V-AAP-NPM 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

V-PAS-1P 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πορν-εύω,

prostitute, mostly in Pass., of a woman, prostitute herself, be or become a prostitute, Hdt. 1.93, Eup. 67, Lys. Fr. 59; of a man, Aeschin. 1.52, 119, D. 19.233 .

II intr. in Act., = Pass., LXX De. 23.17(18), Luc. Alex. 5, Phalar. Ep. 121, Harp.s.v. πὠλῶσι; fornicate, 1 Corinthians 6:18 .

2. metaph., practise idolatry, LXX 1 Chronicles 5:25, al.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

πορνεύω; 1 aorist ἐπόρνευσα; (πόρνος, πόρνη which see); the Sept. for זָנָה; in Greek writings ((Herodotus), Demosthenes, Aeschines, Dio Cassius, Lucian, others)

1. to prostitute one's body to the lust of another. In the Scriptures

2. to give oneself to unlawful sexual intercourse; to commit fornication (Vulg. fornicor): 1 Corinthians 6:18; 1 Corinthians 10:8; Revelation 2:14, 20; (Mark 10:19 WH (rejected) marginal reading).

3. by a Hebraism (see πορνεία, b.) metaphorically, to be given to idolatry, to worship idols: 1 Chronicles 5:25; Psalm 72:27 (); Jeremiah 3:6; Ezekiel 23:19; Hosea 9:1, etc.; μετά τίνος, to permit oneself to be drawn away by another into idolatry, Revelation 17:2; Revelation 18.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πορνεύω ,

[in LXX for H2181;]

1. to prostitute the body for hire.

2. to commit fornication: Mark 10:19 (WH, mg), 1 Corinthians 6:18; 1 Corinthians 10:8, Revelation 2:14; Revelation 2:20. Metaph. (as in LXX: 1 Chronicles 5:25, Jeremiah 3:6, Hosea 9:1, al.), of idolatry (but v. Swete, Ap., 180 f.), Revelation 17:2; Revelation 18:3; Revelation 18:9 (cf. ἐκ - πορνεύω ).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";summon (God) beforehand to witness,"; ";call beforehand to witness."; Hort ad 1 Peter 1:11 states that this verb is unknown elsewhere except in Theodorus Metochita, about A.D. 1300; but we can now add P Lond IV. 1356.32 (A.D. 710) προμαρτυρόμενος [αὐτοὺς εἰ ]ς τὸ σχεῖν τὸν φόβον ̣ τοῦ Θεοῦ πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν.

List of Word Forms

επορνευσαν επόρνευσαν ἐπόρνευσαν επόρνευσας επόρνευσε επόρνευσεν πορνεύοντα πορνεύοντες πορνευσαι πορνεύσαι πορνεῦσαι πορνευσαντες πορνεύσαντες πορνεύσει πορνεύσης πορνεύσουσιν πορνεύσωσι πορνευωμεν πορνεύωμεν πορνευων πορνεύων eporneusan epórneusan porneuomen porneuōmen porneúomen porneúōmen porneuon porneuōn porneúon porneúōn porneusai porneûsai porneusantes porneúsantes