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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, (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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:31 - But they said, “Should he [fn]treat our sister like a prostitute?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:15 - When Judah saw her, he assumed she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:21 - He asked the people of her place, saying, “Where is the temple prostitute who was by the road at Enaim?” But they said, “There has been no temple prostitute here.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:22 - So he returned to Judah, and said, “I did not find her; and furthermore, the people of the place said, ‘There has been no temple prostitute here.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:7 - ‘They shall not take a woman who is a prostitute and [fn]profaned, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:14 - ‘A widow, or a divorced woman, or one who is profaned by prostitution, these he shall not take; but rather he is to [fn]marry a virgin of his own people,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:2 - “No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, may enter the assembly of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:17 -

“None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18 - “You shall not bring the earnings of a prostitute or the money for a [fn]dog into the house of the LORD your God as payment for any vowed offering, because both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1 -

Then Joshua the son of Nun sent two men as spies secretly from Shittim, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and rested there.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:17 - “But the city shall be designated for [fn]destruction, it and everything that is in it belongs to the LORD; only Rahab the prostitute [fn]and all who are with her in the house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - So the young men who were spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father, her mother, her brothers, and all she had; they also brought out all her relatives, and placed them outside the camp of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - However, Rahab the prostitute and her father’s household and all she had, Joshua [fn]spared; and she has lived in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:1 -

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a [fn]valiant warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. And Gilead had fathered Jephthah.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:1 -

Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there, and had relations with her.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:16 -

Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - “And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘This is what the LORD says: “Have you murdered and also taken possession?”’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘The LORD says this: “In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, the dogs will lick up your blood, yours as well.”’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - They washed out the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood (it was there that the prostitutes bathed themselves) in accordance with the word of the LORD which He had spoken.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:3 -

For the lips of an [fn]adulteress drip honey,

And her [fn]speech is smoother than oil;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:26 -

For the price of a prostitute reduces one to a loaf of bread,

And [fn]an adulteress hunts for a precious life.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:3 -

A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad,

But he who involves himself with prostitutes wastes his wealth.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 -

How the faithful city has become a prostitute,

She who was full of justice!

Righteousness once dwelt in her,

But now murderers.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:15 -

Now on that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years like the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:16 -

Take your harp, wander around the city,

You forgotten prostitute;

Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs,

That you may be remembered.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:3 -

“But come here, you sons of a sorceress,

Offspring of an adulterer and [fn]a prostitute!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3 -

“Therefore the showers have been withheld,

And there has been no spring rain.

Yet you had a prostitute’s [fn]forehead;

You refused to be ashamed.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7 -

“Why should I forgive you?

Your sons have forsaken Me

And sworn by those who are not gods.

When I had fed them to the full,

They committed adultery

And stayed at the prostitute’s house.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:30 -

“How feverish is your heart,” declares the Lord GOD, “while you do all these things, the action of a [fn]bold prostitute!

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:31 - “When you built your shrine at the beginning of every street and made your high place in every public square, in spurning a prostitute’s fee, you were not like a prostitute.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:35 -

Therefore, you prostitute, hear the word of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:43 -

“Then I said concerning her who was worn out by adulteries, ‘[fn]Will they now commit adultery with her when she is like this?

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:44 - [fn]But they went in to her as they would go in to a prostitute. This is how they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:14 -

I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute,

Or your [fn]brides when they commit adultery,

Because the men themselves slip away with the prostitutes

And offer sacrifices with temple prostitutes;

So the people without understanding are ruined.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:3 -

“They have also cast lots for My people,

[fn]Traded a boy for a prostitute,

And sold a girl for wine so that they may drink.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:4 -

All because of the many sexual acts of the prostitute,

The charming one, the mistress of sorceries,

Who sells nations by her sexual acts,

And families by her sorceries.

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