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Lexicon :: Strong's G4203 - porneuō

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πορνεύω
Transliteration
porneuō (Key)
Pronunciation
porn-yoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:579,918

Strong’s Definitions

πορνεύω porneúō, porn-yoo'-o; from G4204; to act the harlot, i.e. (literally) indulge unlawful lust (of either sex), or (figuratively) practise idolatry:—commit (fornication).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G4203 in the following manner: commit fornication (7x), commit (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G4203 in the following manner: commit fornication (7x), commit (1x).

  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πορνεύω porneúō, porn-yoo'-o; from G4204; to act the harlot, i.e. (literally) indulge unlawful lust (of either sex), or (figuratively) practise idolatry:—commit (fornication).
STRONGS G4203:
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 (Ps. 73:27); 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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Chronicles
5:25
Psalms
73:27
Jeremiah
3:6
Ezekiel
23:19
Hosea
9:1
Mark
10:19
1 Corinthians
6:18; 10:8
Revelation
2:14; 2:20; 17:2; 18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4203 matches the Greek πορνεύω (porneuō),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:17 -

“None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:15 - Wherever they went, the hand of Yahweh was against them for evil, as Yahweh had spoken and as Yahweh had sworn to them, so that they were severely distressed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:25

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But they acted unfaithfully against the God of their fathers and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:27 -

For, behold, those who are far from You will perish;

You have [fn]destroyed everyone who [fn]is unfaithful to You.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:39

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Thus they became unclean in their works,

And played the harlot in their actions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:6

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Then Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she was a harlot there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:7 - “I said, ‘After she has done all these things, she will return to Me’; but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:8 - “And I saw that for all the adulteries of faithless Israel, I had sent her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear; but she went and was a harlot also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:9 - “Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations to which they will be carried captive, how I have been broken over their adulterous hearts which turned away from Me, and by their eyes which played the harlot after their idols; and they will loathe themselves to their own faces for the evils which they have done, for all their abominations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:15

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“But you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot because of your name, and you poured out your harlotries on every passer-by [fn]who might be willing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:34 - “Thus you are the opposite of those women in your harlotries, in that no one plays the harlot [fn]as you do, because you give away your earnings and no earnings are given to you; thus you are the opposite.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:19 - “Yet she multiplied her harlotries, remembering the days of her youth, when she played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:3 - Then I said to her, “You shall stay with me for many days. You shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a [fn]man; so I will also be toward you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:10

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They will eat, but not be satisfied;

They will play the harlot, but not break forth in number,

Because they have [fn]forsaken Yahweh to keep harlotry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:14

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I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot

Or your [fn]brides when they commit adultery,

For the men themselves go apart with harlots

And offer sacrifices with cult prostitutes;

So the people without understanding are [fn]ruined.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:18

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Their drink gone;

They play the harlot continually;

Their [fn]rulers dearly love disgrace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:1

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Do not be glad, O Israel, [fn]with rejoicing like the peoples!

For you have played the harlot, [fn]forsaking your God.

You have loved harlots’ earnings on [fn]every threshing floor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:17 - “Therefore, thus says Yahweh, ‘Your wife will play the harlot in the city, your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be divided up by a measuring line, and you yourself will die [fn]upon unclean land. Moreover, Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”
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