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Lexicon :: Strong's G4202 - porneia

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πορνεία
Transliteration
porneia (Key)
Pronunciation
por-ni'-ah
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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

πορνεία porneía, por-ni'-ah; from G4203; harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry:—fornication.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x

The KJV translates Strong's G4202 in the following manner: fornication (26x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x
The KJV translates Strong's G4202 in the following manner: fornication (26x).

  1. illicit sexual intercourse

    1. adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse with animals etc.

    2. sexual intercourse with close relatives; Lev. 18

    3. sexual intercourse with a divorced man or woman; Mk. 10:11-12

  2. metaph. the worship of idols

    1. of the defilement of idolatry, as incurred by eating the sacrifices offered to idols

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πορνεία porneía, por-ni'-ah; from G4203; harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry:—fornication.
STRONGS G4202:
πορνεία, πορνείας, ἡ (πορνεύω), the Sept. for תַּזְנוּת, זְנוּת, זְנוּנִים, fornication (Vulg. fornicatio (and (Revelation 19:2) prostitutio)); used
a. properly, of illicit sexual intercourse in general (Demosthenes, 403, 27; 433, 25): Acts 15:20, 29; Acts 21:25 (that this meaning must be adopted in these passages will surprise no one who has learned from 1 Corinthians 6:12ff how leniently converts from among the heathen regarded this vice and how lightly they indulged in it; accordingly, all other interpretations of the term, such as of marriages within the prohibited degrees and the like, are to be rejected); Romans 1:29 Rec.; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 1 Corinthians 6:13, 18; 1 Corinthians 7:2; 2 Corinthians 12:21; Ephesians 5:3; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; Revelation 9:21; it is distinguished from μοιχεία in Matthew 15:19; Mark 7:21; and Galatians 5:19 Rec.; used of adultery ((cf. Hosea 2:2 (4), etc.)), Matthew 5:32; Matthew 19:9.
b. In accordance with a form of speech common in the O. T. and among the Jews which represents the close relationship existing between Jehovah and his people under the figure of a marriage (cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus, i., p. 422{a} following), πορνεία is used metaphorically of the worship of idols: Revelation 14:8; Revelation 17:2, 4; Revelation 18:3; Revelation 19:2; ἡμεῖς ἐκ πορνείας οὐ γεγεννήμεθα (we are not of a people given to idolatry), ἕνα πατέρα ἔχομεν τόν Θεόν, John 8:41 (ἄθεος μέν ὁ ἄγονος, πολύθεος δέ ὁ ἐκ πόρνης, τυφλωττων περί τόν ἀληθῆ πατέρα καί διά τοῦτο πολλούς ἀνθ' ἑνός γονεῖς αἰνιττόμενος, Philo de mig. Abr. § 12; τέκνα πορνείας, of idolaters, Hosea 1:2; (but in John, the passage cited others understand physical descent to be spoken of (cf. Meyer))); of the defilement of idolatry, as incurred by eating the sacrifices offered to idols, Revelation 2:21.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Hosea
1:2; 2:2
Matthew
5:32; 15:19; 19:9
Mark
7:21
John
8:41
Acts
15:20; 15:29; 21:25
Romans
1:29
1 Corinthians
5:1; 6:12; 6:13; 6:18; 7:2
2 Corinthians
12:21
Galatians
5:19
Ephesians
5:3
Colossians
3:5
1 Thessalonians
4:3
Revelation
2:21; 9:21; 14:8; 17:2; 17:4; 18:3; 19:2; 19:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4202 matches the Greek πορνεία (porneia),
which occurs 26 times in 25 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:32 - ego autem dico vobis quia omnis qui dimiserit uxorem suam excepta fornicationis causa facit eam moechari et qui dimissam duxerit adulterat

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:19 - de corde enim exeunt cogitationes malae homicidia adulteria fornicationes furta falsa testimonia blasphemiae

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:9 - dico autem vobis quia quicumque dimiserit uxorem suam nisi ob fornicationem et aliam duxerit moechatur et qui dimissam duxerit moechatur

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:21 - ab intus enim de corde hominum cogitationes malae procedunt adulteria fornicationes homicidia

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:41 - vos facitis opera patris vestri dixerunt itaque ei nos ex fornicatione non sumus nati unum patrem habemus Deum

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:20 - sed scribere ad eos ut abstineant se a contaminationibus simulacrorum et fornicatione et suffocatis et sanguine

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:29 - ut abstineatis vos ab immolatis simulacrorum et sanguine suffocato et fornicatione a quibus custodientes vos bene agetis valete

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:25 - de his autem qui crediderunt ex gentibus nos scripsimus iudicantes ut abstineant se ab idolis immolato et sanguine et suffocato et fornicatione

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:29 - repletos omni iniquitate malitia fornicatione avaritia nequitia plenos invidia homicidio contentione dolo malignitate susurrones

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:1 - omnino auditur inter vos fornicatio et talis fornicatio qualis nec inter gentes ita ut uxorem patris aliquis habeat

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:13 - esca ventri et venter escis Deus autem et hunc et haec destruet corpus autem non fornicationi sed Domino et Dominus corpori

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:18 - fugite fornicationem omne peccatum quodcumque fecerit homo extra corpus est qui autem fornicatur in corpus suum peccat

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:2 - propter fornicationes autem unusquisque suam uxorem habeat et unaquaeque suum virum habeat

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:21 - ne iterum cum venero humiliet me Deus apud vos et lugeam multos ex his qui ante peccaverunt et non egerunt paenitentiam super inmunditia et fornicatione et inpudicitia quam gesserunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:19 - manifesta autem sunt opera carnis quae sunt fornicatio inmunditia luxuria

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:3 - fornicatio autem et omnis inmunditia aut avaritia nec nominetur in vobis sicut decet sanctos

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:5 - mortificate ergo membra vestra quae sunt super terram fornicationem inmunditiam libidinem concupiscentiam malam et avaritiam quae est simulacrorum servitus

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:3 - haec est enim voluntas Dei sanctificatio vestra

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:21 - et dedi illi tempus ut paenitentiam ageret et non vult paeniteri a fornicatione sua

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:21 - et non egerunt paenitentiam ab homicidiis suis neque a veneficiis suis neque a fornicatione sua neque a furtis suis

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:8 - et alius angelus secutus est dicens cecidit cecidit Babylon illa magna quae a vino irae fornicationis suae potionavit omnes gentes

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:2 - cum qua fornicati sunt reges terrae et inebriati sunt qui inhabitant terram de vino prostitutionis eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:4 - et mulier erat circumdata purpura et coccino et inaurata auro et lapide pretioso et margaritis habens poculum aureum in manu sua plenum abominationum et inmunditia fornicationis eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:3 - quia de ira fornicationis eius biberunt omnes gentes et reges terrae cum illa fornicati sunt et mercatores terrae de virtute deliciarum eius divites facti sunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:2 - quia vera et iusta iudicia sunt eius quia iudicavit de meretrice magna quae corrupit terram in prostitutione sua et vindicavit sanguinem servorum suorum de manibus eius
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