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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 G3004 to you that everyone G3956 who [fn]divorces G630 his wife, G1135 except G3924 for the reason G3056 of unchastity, G4202 makes G4160 her commit G3431 adultery; G3431 and whoever G3739 G1437 marries G1060 a [fn]divorced G630 woman G1135 commits G3429 adultery. G3429

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:19 - “For out of the heart G2588 come G1831 evil G4190 thoughts, G1261 murders, G5408 adulteries, G3430 [fn]fornications, G4202 thefts, G2829 false G5577 witness, G5577 slanders. G988

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:9 - “And I say G3004 to you, whoever G3739 G302 [fn]divorces G630 his wife, G1135 except G3361 for [fn]immorality, G4202 and marries G1060 another G243 woman G243 [fn]commits G3429 adultery G3429[fn].”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:21 - “For from within, G2081 out of the heart G2588 of men, G444 proceed G1607 the evil G2556 thoughts, G1261 [fn]fornications, G4202 thefts, G2829 murders, G5408 adulteries, G3430

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:41 - “You are doing G4160 the deeds G2041 of your father.” G3962 They said G3004 to Him, “We were not born G1080 of fornication; G4202 we have G2192 one G1520 Father: G3962 God.” G2316

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:20 - but that we write G1989 to them that they abstain G568 from [fn]things G234 contaminated G234 by idols G1497 and from fornication G4202 and from what is strangled G4156 and from blood. G129

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:29 - that you abstain G568 from things G1494 sacrificed G1494 to idols G1494 and from blood G129 and from things G4156 strangled G4156 and from fornication; G4202 [fn]if you keep G1301 yourselves G1438 free G1301 from such G3779 things, G3739 you will do G4238 well. G2095 Farewell.” G4517

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:25 - “But concerning G4012 the Gentiles G1484 who have believed, G4100 we wrote, G1989 having decided G2919 that they should abstain G5442 from [fn]meat G3588 sacrificed G1494 to idols G1494 and from blood G129 and from what is strangled G4156 and from fornication.” G4202

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:1 - It is actually G3654 reported G191 that there is immorality G4202 among G1722 you, and immorality G4202 of such G5108 a kind G5108 as does not exist even G3761 among G1722 the Gentiles, G1484 that someone G5100 has G2192 his father’s G3962 wife. G1135

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:13 - Food G1033 is for the [fn]stomach G2836 and the [fn]stomach G2836 is for food, G1033 but God G2316 will do G2673 away G2673 with both G2532 [fn]of them. Yet G1161 the body G4983 is not for immorality, G4202 but for the Lord, G2962 and the Lord G2962 is for the body. G4983

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:18 - Flee G5343 immorality. G4202 Every G3956 other sin G265 that a man G444 commits G4160 is outside G1622 the body, G4983 but the [fn]immoral G4203 man sins G264 against G1519 his own G2398 body. G4983

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:2 - But because G1223 of immoralities, G4202 each G1538 man G1538 is to have G2192 his own G1438 wife, G1135 and each G1538 woman G1135 is to have G2192 her own G2398 husband. G435

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:21 - I am afraid that when I come G2064 again G3825 my God G2316 may humiliate G5013 me before G4314 you, and I may mourn G3996 over many G4183 of those G3588 who have sinned G4258 in the past G4258 and not repented G3340 of the impurity, G167 [fn]immorality G4202 and sensuality G766 which G3739 they have practiced. G4238

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:19 - Now G1161 the deeds G2041 of the flesh G4561 are evident, G5318 which G3748 are: [fn]immorality, G4202 impurity, G167 sensuality, G766

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:3 - But immorality G4202 [fn]or G2532 any G3956 impurity G167 or G2228 greed G4124 must not even G3366 be named G3687 among G1722 you, as is proper G4241 among [fn]saints; G40

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:5 - Therefore G3767 [fn]consider G3499 the members G3196 of your earthly G1093 body as dead G3499 to [fn]immorality, G4202 impurity, G167 passion, G3806 evil G2556 desire, G1939 and greed, G4124 which G3748 [fn]amounts G1510 to idolatry. G1495

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:3 - For this G3778 is the will G2307 of God, G2316 your sanctification; G38 that is, that you abstain G568 from [fn]sexual G4202 immorality; G4202

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:21 - ‘I gave G1325 her time G5550 to repent, G3340 and she does not want G2309 to repent G3340 of her immorality. G4202

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:21 - and they did not repent G3340 of their murders G5408 nor G3777 of their sorceries G5331 nor G3777 of their immorality G4202 nor G3777 of their thefts. G2809

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:8 - And another G243 angel, G32 a second G1208 one, G1208 followed, G190 saying, G3004 “[fn]Fallen, G4098 fallen G4098 is Babylon G897 the great, G3173 she who G3739 has made G4222 all G3956 the nations G1484 drink G4222 of the wine G3631 of the [fn]passion G2372 of her immorality.” G4202

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:2 - with whom G3739 the kings G935 of the earth G1093 committed G4203 acts of immorality, G4203 and those G3588 who dwell G2730 on the earth G1093 were made G3184 drunk G3184 with the wine G3631 of her immorality.” G4202

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:4 - The woman G1135 was clothed G4016 in purple G4210 and scarlet, G2847 and [fn]adorned G5558 with gold G5553 and precious G5093 [fn]stones G3037 and pearls, G3135 having G2192 in her hand G5495 a gold G5552 cup G4221 full G1073 of abominations G946 and of the unclean G169 things G169 of her immorality, G4202

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:3 - “For all G3956 the nations G1484 [fn]have drunk G4095 of the wine G3631 of the [fn]passion G2372 of her immorality, G4202 and the kings G935 of the earth G1093 have committed G4203 acts of immorality G4203 with her, and the merchants G1713 of the earth G1093 have become G4147 rich G4147 by the [fn]wealth G1411 of her [fn]sensuality.” G4764

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:2 - BECAUSE G3754 HIS JUDGMENTS G2920 ARE TRUE G228 AND RIGHTEOUS G1342; for He has judged G2919 the great G3173 harlot G4204 who G3748 was corrupting G5351 the earth G1093 with her immorality, G4202 and HE HAS AVENGED G1556 THE BLOOD G129 OF HIS BOND-SERVANTS G1401 [fn]ON HER.”
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