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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 - And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:15 - When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an 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, that was openly by the way side? 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 - And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that 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 that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:14 - A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:2 - A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:17 - There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18 - Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1 - And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:17 - And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that 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 that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which 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 valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:1 - Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:16 - Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:3 - For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, 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 whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:3 - Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:15 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:16 - Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:3 - But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3 - Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7 - How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then 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 weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:31 - In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:35 - Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:43

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:43 - Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:44

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:44 - Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, 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 whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:3 - And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:4 - Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
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