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Lexicon :: Strong's G4202 - porneia

Aa
πορνεία
Transliteration
porneia (Key)
Pronunciation
por-ni'-ah
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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

πορνεία porneía, por-ni'-ah; from G4203; harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry:—fornication.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x

The KJV translates Strong's G4202 in the following manner: fornication (26x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x
The KJV translates Strong's G4202 in the following manner: fornication (26x).

  1. illicit sexual intercourse

    1. adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse with animals etc.

    2. sexual intercourse with close relatives; Lev. 18

    3. sexual intercourse with a divorced man or woman; Mk. 10:11-12

  2. metaph. the worship of idols

    1. of the defilement of idolatry, as incurred by eating the sacrifices offered to idols

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πορνεία porneía, por-ni'-ah; from G4203; harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry:—fornication.
STRONGS G4202:
πορνεία, 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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Hosea
1:2; 2:2
Matthew
5:32; 15:19; 19:9
Mark
7:21
John
8:41
Acts
15:20; 15:29; 21:25
Romans
1:29
1 Corinthians
5:1; 6:12; 6:13; 6:18; 7:2
2 Corinthians
12:21
Galatians
5:19
Ephesians
5:3
Colossians
3:5
1 Thessalonians
4:3
Revelation
2:21; 9:21; 14:8; 17:2; 17:4; 18:3; 19:2; 19:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4202 matches the Greek πορνεία (porneia),
which occurs 25 times in 24 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:32 - But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:19 - For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:9 - And I say to you, Whoever puts away his wife for any other cause than the loss of her virtue, and takes another, is a false husband: and he who takes her as his wife when she is put away, is no true husband to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:21 - Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:41 - You are doing the works of your father. They said to him, We are true sons of Abraham; we have one Father, who is God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:20 - But that we give them orders to keep themselves from things offered to false gods, and from the evil desires of the body, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:29 - To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:25 - But as to the Gentiles who have the faith, we sent a letter, giving our decision that they were to keep themselves from offerings made to false gods, and from blood, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from the evil desires of the body.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:1 - It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:13 - Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:18 - Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:2 - But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:21 - And that when I come again, my God may put me to shame among you, and I may have grief for those who have done wrong before and have had no regret for their unclean ways, and for the evil desires of the flesh to which they have given way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:19 - Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:3 - But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:5 - Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:3 - For the purpose of God for you is this: that you may be holy, and may keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:21 - And I gave her time for a change of heart, but she has no mind to give up her unclean ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:21 - And they had no regret for putting men to death, or for their use of secret arts, or for the evil desires of the flesh, or for taking the property of others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:8 - And a second angel came after, saying, Destruction has come to Babylon the great, which gave to all the nations the wine of the wrath of her evil ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:2 - With whom the kings of the earth made themselves unclean, and those who are on the earth were full of the wine of her evil desires.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:4 - And the woman was clothed in purple and bright red, with ornaments of gold and stones of great price and jewels; and in her hand was a gold cup full of evil things and her unclean desires;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:3 - For through the wine of the wrath of her evil desires all the nations have come to destruction; and the kings of the earth made themselves unclean with her, and the traders of the earth had their wealth increased by the power of her evil ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:2 - For true and upright are his decisions; for by him has the evil woman been judged, who made the earth unclean with the sins of her body; and he has given her punishment for the blood of his servants.
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