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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, and none of the sons of Israel shall be a cult prostitute.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:15 - Whenever they marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them for harm, as the LORD had warned, and as the LORD had sworn to them. And they were in terrible distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:25 - But they broke faith with the God of their fathers, and whored 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 shall perish;
you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:39 - Thus they became unclean by their acts,
and played the whore in their deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:6 - The LORD said to me in the days of King Josiah: “Have you seen what she did, that faithless one, Israel, how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there played the whore?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:7 - And I thought, ‘After she has done all this 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 - She saw that for all the adulteries of that faithless one, Israel, I had sent her away with a decree of divorce. Yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but she too went and played the whore.

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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 where they are carried captive, how I have been broken over their whoring heart that has departed from me and over their eyes that go whoring after their idols. And they will be loathsome in their own sight for the evils that they have committed, for all their abominations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:15 - “But you trusted in your beauty and played the whore[fn] because of your renown and lavished your whorings[fn] on any passerby; your beauty[fn] became his.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:34 - So you were different from other women in your whorings. No one solicited you to play the whore, and you gave payment, while no payment was given to you; therefore you were different.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:19 - Yet she increased her whoring, remembering the days of her youth, when she played the whore in the land of Egypt

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:3 - And I said to her, “You must dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:10 - They shall eat, but not be satisfied;
they shall play the whore, but not multiply,
because they have forsaken the LORD
to cherish

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:14 - I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore,
nor your brides when they commit adultery;
for the men themselves go aside with prostitutes
and sacrifice with cult prostitutes,
and a people without understanding shall come to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:18 - When their drink is gone, they give themselves to whoring;
their rulers[fn] dearly love shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:1 - Rejoice not, O Israel!
Exult not like the peoples;
for you have played the whore, forsaking your God.
You have loved a prostitute’s wages
on all threshing floors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:17 - Therefore thus says the LORD:
“‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city,
and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword,
and your land shall be divided up with a measuring line;
you yourself shall die in an unclean land,
and Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.’”
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