Strong's Concordance porné: a prostitute Original Word: πόρνη, ης, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: porné Phonetic Spelling: (por'-nay) Short Definition: a prostitute Definition: a prostitute; met: an idolatrous community. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4204: πόρνηπόρνη, 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. Feminine of pornos; a strumpet; figuratively, an idolater -- harlot, whore. see GREEK pornos Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 420412 Occurrences πόρναι — 2 Occ. πόρνῃ — 4 Occ. πόρνην — 2 Occ. πόρνης — 2 Occ. πορνῶν — 2 Occ. Matthew 21:31 N-NFP GRK: καὶ αἱ πόρναι προάγουσιν ὑμᾶς NAS: to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get KJV: the publicans and the harlots go into INT: and the prostitutes go before you Matthew 21:32 N-NFP Luke 15:30 N-GFP 1 Corinthians 6:15 N-GFS 1 Corinthians 6:16 N-DFS Hebrews 11:31 N-NFS James 2:25 N-NFS Revelation 17:1 N-GFS Revelation 17:5 N-GFP Revelation 17:15 N-NFS Revelation 17:16 N-AFS Revelation 19:2 N-AFS |