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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 BoxGen 34:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:31 - And they said, Nay, but shall they treat our sister as an harlot?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:15 - And when Judas saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she covered her face, and he knew her not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:21 - And he asked the men of the place, Where is the harlot who was in Ænan by the way-side? and they said, There was no harlot here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:22 - And he returned to Judas, and said, I have not found her; and the men of the place say, There is no harlot here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:7 - They shall not take a woman who is a harlot and profaned, or a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy to the Lord his God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:14 - But a widow, or one that is put away, or profaned, or a harlot, these he shall not take; but he shall take for a wife a virgin of his own people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:2 - (LXX 23:3) One born of a harlot shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:17 - (LXX 23:18) There shall not be a harlot of the daughters of Israel, and there shall not be a fornicator of the sons of Israel; there shall not be an [fn]idolatress of the daughters of Israel, and there shall not be an [fn]initiated person of the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18 - (LXX 23:19) Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, nor the price of a dog into the house of the Lord thy God, for any vow; because even both are an abomination to the Lord thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1 - And Joshua the son of Naue sent out of Sattin two young men to spy the land, saying, Go up and view the land and Jericho: and the two young men went and entered into Jericho; and they entered into the house of a harlot, whose name was Raab, and lodged there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:17 - And the city shall be [fn]devoted, it and all things that are in it, to the Lord of Hosts: only do ye save Raab the harlot, and all things in her house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - And the two young men who had spied out the city entered into the house of the woman, and brought out Raab the harlot, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and her kindred, and all that she had; and they set her without the camp of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - And Joshua saved alive Raab the harlot, and all the house of her father, and caused her to dwell in Israel until this day, because she hid the spies which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:1 - And Jephthae the Galaadite was [fn]a mighty man; and he was the son of a harlot, who bore Jephthae to Galaad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:16 - Then there appeared two harlots before the king, and they stood before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - (LXX 20:19) And thou shalt speak to him, saying, [fn]Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast slain and taken possession, therefore thus saith the Lord, In every place where the swine and the dogs have licked the blood of Nabuthai, there shall the dogs lick thy blood; and the harlots shall wash themselves in thy blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - And they washed the chariot at the fountain of Samaria; and the swine and the dogs licked up the blood, and the harlots washed themselves in the blood, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:3 - for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases thy palate:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:26 - For the value of a harlot is as much as of one loaf; and a woman hunts for the precious souls of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:3 - When a man loves wisdom, his father rejoices: but he that keeps harlots will waste wealth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - How has the faithful city Sion, once full of judgment, become a harlot! wherein righteousness lodged, but now murderers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:15 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be left seventy years, as the time of a king, as the time of a man: and it shall come to pass after seventy years, that Tyre shall be as the song of a harlot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:16 - Take a harp, go about, O city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; play well on the harp, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:3 - But draw ye near hither, ye lawless children, the seed of adulterers and the harlot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3 - And thou didst retain many shepherds for a stumbling-block to thyself: thou hadst a whore's face, thou didst become shameless toward all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7 - In what way shall I forgive thee for these things? Thy sons have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: and I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and lodged in harlots' houses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:30 - Why should I make a covenant with thy daughter, saith the Lord, while thou doest all these things, the works of a harlot? and thou hast gone a-whoring in a threefold degree with thy daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:31 - Thou hast built a house of harlotry in every top of a way, and hast set up thine high place in every street; and thou didst become as a harlot gathering hires.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:35 - Therefore, harlot, hear the word of the Lord:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:43

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:43 - Therefore I said, Do they not commit adultery with these? and has she also gone a-whoring after the manner of a harlot?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:44

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:44 - And they went in to her, as men go in to a harlot; so they went in to Oola and to Ooliba to work iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:14 - And I will not visit upon your daughters when they shall commit fornication, nor your daughters-in-law when they shall commit adultery: for they themselves mingled themselves with harlots, and sacrificed with polluted ones, and the people that understood not entangled itself with a harlot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:3 - (LXX 4:3) and cast lots over my people, and have given their boys to harlots, and sold their girls for wine, and have drunk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:4 - because of the abundance of fornication: she is a fair harlot, and well-favoured, skilled in sorcery, that sells the nations by her fornication, and peoples by her sorceries.
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