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Lexicon :: Strong's G4204 - pornē

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πόρνη
Transliteration
pornē (Key)
Pronunciation
por'-nay
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:579,918

Strong’s Definitions

πόρνη pórnē, por'-nay; feminine of G4205; a strumpet; figuratively, an idolater:—harlot, whore.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G4204 in the following manner: harlot (8x), whore (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G4204 in the following manner: harlot (8x), whore (4x).
  1. a woman who sells her body for sexual uses

    1. a prostitute, a harlot, one who yields herself to defilement for the sake of gain

    2. any woman indulging in unlawful sexual intercourse, whether for gain or for lust

  2. metaph. an idolatress

    1. of "Babylon" i.e. Rome, the chief seat of idolatry

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πόρνη pórnē, por'-nay; feminine of G4205; a strumpet; figuratively, an idolater:—harlot, whore.
STRONGS G4204:
πόρνη, πόρνης, (from περάω, πέρνημι, to sell; Curtius, § 358), properly a woman who sells her body for sexual uses (cf. Xenophon, mem. 1, 6, 13), the Sept. for זונָה;
1. properly, a prostitute, a harlot, one who yields herself to defilement for the sake of gain (Aristophanes, Demosthenes, others); in the N. T. universally, any woman indulging in unlawful sexual intercourse, whether for gain or for lust: Matthew 21:31; Luke 15:30; 1 Corinthians 6:15; Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25.
2. Hebraistically (see πορνεία, b. and πορνεύω, 3), metaphorically, an idolatress; so of 'Babylon' i. e. Rome, the chief seat of idolatry: Revelation 17:1, 5, 15; Revelation 19:2.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
21:31
Luke
15:30
1 Corinthians
6:15
Hebrews
11:31
James
2:25
Revelation
17:1; 17:5; 17:15; 19:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4204 matches the Greek πόρνη (pornē),
which occurs 37 times in 35 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:31 - But they said, “Should he [fn]treat our sister as a harlot?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:15 - Then Judah saw her, and he thought she was a harlot, for she had covered her face.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:21 - So he asked the men of her place, saying, “Where is the cult prostitute who was by the road at Enaim?” But they said, “There has been no cult prostitute here.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:22 - So he returned to Judah and said, “I did not find her; and furthermore, the men of the place said, ‘There has been no cult prostitute here.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:7 - ‘They shall not take a woman who is profaned by harlotry, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:14 - ‘A widow or a divorced woman or one who is profaned by harlotry, these he may not take; but rather he shall take a virgin of his own people as a wife,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:2 - “No one of illegitimate birth shall enter the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation, none of his seed shall enter the assembly of Yahweh.
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.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18 - “You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the wages of a [fn]dog into the house of Yahweh your God for any votive offering, for both of these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1 -

Then Joshua the son of Nun sent two men as spies secretly from Shittim, saying, “Go, see the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab and [fn]lodged there.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:17 - “And the city shall be devoted to destruction, it and all that is in it belongs to Yahweh; only Rahab the harlot [fn]and all who are with her in the house shall live because she hid the messengers whom we sent.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - So the young men who were spies went in and brought out Rahab and her father and her mother and her brothers and all she had; they also brought out all her relatives and placed them outside the camp of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - However, Rahab the harlot and her father’s household and all she had, Joshua preserved alive; and she has lived in the midst of Israel to this day, for she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:1 -

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, but he was the son of a harlot. And Gilead [fn]became the father of Jephthah.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:1 -

Then Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there and went in to her.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:16 -

Then two women who were harlots came to the king and stood before him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - “And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Have you murdered and also taken possession?”’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth the dogs will lick up your blood, even yours.”’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood (now the harlots bathed themselves there), according to the word of Yahweh which He spoke.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:3 -

For the lips of a strange woman drip honey

And smoother than oil is her [fn]speech;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:26 -

For on account of [fn]a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread,

And [fn]an adulteress hunts for the precious [fn]life.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:3 -

A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad,

But he who befriends harlots destroys his wealth.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 -

How the faithful city has become a harlot,

She who was full of justice!

Righteousness once lodged in her,

But now murderers.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:15 -

Now it will be in that day, that Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years like the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:16 -

Take your harp, walk about the city,

O forgotten harlot;

Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs,

That you may be remembered.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:3 -

“But draw near, you sons of a soothsayer,

Seed of an adulterer and [fn]a prostitute.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3 -

“Therefore the showers have been withheld,

And the [fn]late rain has not [fn]come.

Yet you had a harlot’s forehead;

You refused to feel dishonor.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7 -

“Why should I pardon you?

Your sons have forsaken Me

And sworn by those who are not gods.

I had satisfied them to the full,

Then they committed adultery

And trooped to the harlot’s house.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:30 -

“How languishing is your heart,” declares Lord Yahweh, “while you do all these things, the actions of a [fn]bold-faced harlot.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:31 - “When you built your shrine at the head of every way and made your high place in every square, in disdaining your earnings, you were not like a harlot.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:35 -

Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:43 -

“Then I said concerning her who was worn out by adulteries, ‘[fn]Will they now commit harlotry with her when she is thus?’

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:44 - [fn]But they went in to her as they would go in to a harlot. Thus they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:14 -

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:3 -

“They have also cast lots for My people,

[fn]Traded a boy for a harlot,

And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:4 -

All because of the many harlotries of the harlot,

The charming one, the mistress of sorceries,

Who sells nations by her harlotries

And families by her sorceries.

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