Strong's Concordance porneia: fornication Original Word: πορνεία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: porneia Phonetic Spelling: (por-ni'-ah) Short Definition: fornication, idolatry Definition: fornication, whoredom; met: idolatry. HELPS Word-studies 4202 porneía (the root of the English terms "pornography, pornographic"; cf. 4205 /pórnos) which is derived from pernaō, "to sell off") – properly, a selling off (surrendering) of sexual purity; promiscuity of any (every) type. [See also the contrasting term, 3430 /moixeía ("marital unfaithfulness").] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4202: πορνείαπορνεία, 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. From porneuo; harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry -- fornication. see GREEK porneuo Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 420225 Occurrences πορνείᾳ — 8 Occ. πορνεῖαι — 2 Occ. πορνείαν — 3 Occ. πορνείας — 12 Occ. Matthew 5:32 N-GFS GRK: παρεκτὸς λόγου πορνείας ποιεῖ αὐτὴν NAS: for [the] reason of unchastity, makes KJV: for the cause of fornication, causeth INT: except on account of sexual immorality causes her Matthew 15:19 N-NFP Matthew 19:9 N-DFS Mark 7:21 N-NFP John 8:41 N-GFS Acts 15:20 N-GFS Acts 15:29 N-GFS Acts 21:25 N-AFS 1 Corinthians 5:1 N-NFS 1 Corinthians 5:1 N-NFS 1 Corinthians 6:13 N-DFS 1 Corinthians 6:18 N-AFS 1 Corinthians 7:2 N-AFP 2 Corinthians 12:21 N-DFS Galatians 5:19 N-NFS Ephesians 5:3 N-NFS Colossians 3:5 N-AFS 1 Thessalonians 4:3 N-GFS Revelation 2:21 N-GFS Revelation 9:21 N-GFS Revelation 14:8 N-GFS Revelation 17:2 N-GFS Revelation 17:4 N-GFS Revelation 18:3 N-GFS Revelation 19:2 N-DFS |
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