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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, ἡ (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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:31 - But they said, “Should he treat our sister like a harlot?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:15 - When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, because she had covered her face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:21 - Then he asked the men of that place, saying, “Where is the harlot who was openly by the roadside?” And they said, “There was no harlot in this place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:22 - So he returned to Judah and said, “I cannot find her. Also, the men of the place said there was no harlot in this place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:7 - ‘They shall not take a wife who is a harlot or a defiled woman, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for the priest[fn] is holy to his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:14 - ‘A widow or a divorced woman or a defiled woman or a harlot—these he shall not marry; but he shall take a virgin of his own people as wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:2 - “One of illegitimate birth shall not enter the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:17 - “There shall be no ritual harlot[fn] of the daughters of Israel, or a perverted[fn] one of the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18 - “You shall not bring the wages of a harlot or the price of a dog to the house of the LORD your God for any vowed offering, for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1 - Now Joshua the son of Nun sent out two men from Acacia Grove[fn] to spy secretly, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went, and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab, and lodged there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:17 - “Now the city shall be doomed by the LORD to destruction, it and all who are in it. Only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - And the young men who had been spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. So they brought out all her relatives and left them outside the camp of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - And Joshua spared Rahab the harlot, her father’s household, and all that she had. So she dwells in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:1

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 begot Jephthah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:1 - Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:16 - Now two women who were harlots came to the king, and stood before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - “You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Have you murdered and also taken possession?” ’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD: “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs shall lick your blood, even yours.” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - Then someone washed the chariot at a pool in Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood while the harlots bathed,[fn] according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:3 - For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey,
And her mouth is smoother than oil;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:26 - For by means of a harlot
A man is reduced to a crust of bread;
And an adulteress[fn] will prey upon his precious life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:3 - Whoever loves wisdom makes his father rejoice,
But a companion of harlots wastes his wealth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - How the faithful city has become a harlot!
It was full of justice;
Righteousness lodged in it,
But now murderers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:15 - Now it shall come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:16 - “Take a harp, go about the city,
You forgotten harlot;
Make sweet melody, sing many songs,
That you may be remembered.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:3 - “But come here,
You sons of the sorceress,
You offspring of the adulterer and the harlot!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3 - Therefore the showers have been withheld,
And there has been no latter rain.
You have had a harlot’s forehead;
You refuse to be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7 - “How shall I pardon you for this?
Your children have forsaken Me
And sworn by those that are not gods.
When I had fed them to the full,
Then they committed adultery
And assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:30 - “How degenerate is your heart!” says the Lord GOD, “seeing you do all these things, the deeds of a brazen harlot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:31 - “You erected your shrine at the head of every road, and built your high place in every street. Yet you were not like a harlot, because you scorned payment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:35 - ‘Now then, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:43

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:43 - “Then I said concerning her who had grown old in adulteries, ‘Will they commit harlotry with her now, and she with them?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:44

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:44 - “Yet they went in to her, as men go in to a woman who plays the harlot; thus they went in to Oholah and Oholibah, the lewd women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:14 - “I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry,
Nor your brides when they commit adultery;
For the men themselves go apart with harlots,
And offer sacrifices with a ritual harlot.[fn]
Therefore people who do not understand will be trampled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:3 - They have cast lots for My people,
Have given a boy as payment for a harlot,
And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:4 - Because of the multitude of harlotries of the seductive harlot,
The mistress of sorceries,
Who sells nations through her harlotries,
And families through her sorceries.
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