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Strong's #4203 - πορνεύω

Transliteration
porneúō
Phonetics
porn-yoo'-o
Origin
from (G4204)
Parts of Speech
verb
TDNT
6:579,918
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. to prostitute one's body to the lust of another
  2. to give one's self to unlawful sexual intercourse
    1. to commit fornication
  3. 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
Verse Results
ASV (8)
1 Corinthians 3
Revelation 5
BSB (8)
1 Corinthians 3
Revelation 5
CSB (8)
1 Corinthians 3
Revelation 5
ESV (8)
1 Corinthians 3
Revelation 5
KJV (8)
1 Corinthians 3
Revelation 5
LEB (0)
The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
LSB (21)
1 Corinthians 6
Revelation 15
N95 (14)
1 Corinthians 4
Revelation 10
NAS (22)
1 Corinthians 4
Revelation 10
NLT (9)
1 Corinthians 4
Revelation 11
WEB (8)
1 Corinthians 3
Revelation 5
YLT (8)
1 Corinthians 3
Revelation 5
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.


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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.

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
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
 
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