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Strong's #4205 - πόρνος

Transliteration
pórnos
Phonetics
por'-nos
Root Word (Etymology)
from pernemi (to sell, akin to the base of (G4097))
Parts of Speech
Noun Masculine
TDNT
6:579,918
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. a man who prostitutes his body to another's lust for hire
  2. a male prostitute
  3. a man who indulges in unlawful sexual intercourse, a fornicator
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (10)
1 Corinthians 4
Ephesians 1
1 Timothy 1
Hebrews 2
Revelation 2
NAS (16)
1 Corinthians 7
Ephesians 1
1 Timothy 2
Hebrews 2
Revelation 4
HCS (10)
1 Corinthians 4
Ephesians 1
1 Timothy 1
Hebrews 2
Revelation 2
BSB (10)
1 Corinthians 4
Ephesians 1
1 Timothy 1
Hebrews 2
Revelation 2
ESV (10)
1 Corinthians 4
Ephesians 1
1 Timothy 1
Hebrews 2
Revelation 2
WEB (10)
1 Corinthians 4
Ephesians 1
1 Timothy 1
Hebrews 2
Revelation 2
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πόρνος, ὁ,

catamite, Ar. Pl. 155, X. Mem. 1.6.13, D. 22.73, Alex. 242, etc.

2. sodomite, D. Ephesians 4:11, Phalar. Ephesians 4:1-32 .

3. in LXX and NT, fornicator, LXX Si. 23.16, 1 Corinthians 5:9, al.

II idolater, Suid.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

πόρνος, πορνου, (for the etym. see πόρνη), a man who prostitutes his body to another's lust for hire, a male prostitute, ((Aristophanes), Xenophon, Demosthenes, Aeschines, Lucian); universally, a man who indulges in unlawful sexual intercourse, a fornicator (Vulg. fornicator,fornicarius (Revelation 22:15impudicus)): 1 Corinthians 5:9-11; 1 Corinthians 6:9; Ephesians 5:5; 1 Timothy 1:10; Hebrews 12:16; Hebrews 13:4; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 22:15. (Sir. 23:16f.)


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** πόρνος , -ου , ,

[in LXX: Sirach 23:16-18 *;]

1. a male prostitute (Xen., al.).

2. a fornicator: 1 Corinthians 5:9-11; 1 Corinthians 6:9, Ephesians 5:5, 1 Timothy 1:10, Hebrews 12:15; Hebrews 13:4, Revelation 21:8; Revelation 22:15.†


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