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Lexicon :: Strong's G4203 - porneuō

Aa
πορνεύω
Transliteration
porneuō (Key)
Pronunciation
porn-yoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:579,918

Strong’s Definitions

πορνεύω porneúō, porn-yoo'-o; from G4204; to act the harlot, i.e. (literally) indulge unlawful lust (of either sex), or (figuratively) practise idolatry:—commit (fornication).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G4203 in the following manner: commit fornication (7x), commit (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G4203 in the following manner: commit fornication (7x), commit (1x).

  1. to prostitute one's body to the lust of another

  2. to give one's self to unlawful sexual intercourse

    1. to commit fornication

  3. metaph. to be given to idolatry, to worship idols

    1. to permit one's self to be drawn away by another into idolatry

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πορνεύω porneúō, porn-yoo'-o; from G4204; to act the harlot, i.e. (literally) indulge unlawful lust (of either sex), or (figuratively) practise idolatry:—commit (fornication).
STRONGS G4203:
πορνεύω; 1 aorist ἐπόρνευσα; (πόρνος, πόρνη which see); the Sept. for זָנָה; in Greek writings ((Herodotus), Demosthenes, Aeschines, Dio Cassius, Lucian, others)
1. to prostitute one's body to the lust of another. In the Scriptures
2. to give oneself to unlawful sexual intercourse; to commit fornication (Vulg.fornicor): 1 Corinthians 6:18; 1 Corinthians 10:8; Revelation 2:14, 20; (Mark 10:19 WH (rejected) marginal reading).
3. by a Hebraism (see πορνεία, b.) metaphorically, to be given to idolatry, to worship idols: 1 Chronicles 5:25; Psalm 72:27 (Ps. 73:27); Jeremiah 3:6; Ezekiel 23:19; Hosea 9:1, etc.; μετά τίνος, to permit oneself to be drawn away by another into idolatry, Revelation 17:2; Revelation 18.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Chronicles
5:25
Psalms
73:27
Jeremiah
3:6
Ezekiel
23:19
Hosea
9:1
Mark
10:19
1 Corinthians
6:18; 10:8
Revelation
2:14; 2:20; 17:2; 18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4203 matches the Greek πορνεύω (porneuō),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:17 - There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:15 - Whithersoever they went out, the hand of Jehovah was against them for evil, as Jehovah had spoken, and as Jehovah had sworn unto them: and they were sore distressed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:25 - And they trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:27 -
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish:
Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, departing from thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:39 -
Thus were they defiled with their works,
And played the harlot in their doings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:6 - Moreover Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:7 - And I said after she had done all these things, She will return unto me; but she returned not: and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:8 - And I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not; but she also went and played the harlot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:9 - And those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which play the harlot after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:15 - But thou didst trust in thy beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy whoredoms on every one that passed by; his it was.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:34 - And thou art different from other women in thy whoredoms, in that none followeth thee to play the harlot; and whereas thou givest hire, and no hire is given unto thee, therefore thou art different.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:19 - Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, remembering the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:3 - and I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be any man’s wife: so will I also be toward thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:10 - And they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall play the harlot, and shall not increase; because they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:14 - I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go apart with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes; and the people that doth not understand shall be overthrown.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:18 - Their drink is become sour; they play the harlot continually; her rulers dearly love shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:1 - Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, like the peoples; for thou hast played the harlot, departing from thy God; thou hast loved hire upon every grain-floor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:17 - therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou thyself shalt die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.
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