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Lexicon :: Strong's G4204 - pornē

Aa
πόρνη
Transliteration
pornē (Key)
Pronunciation
por'-nay
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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

πόρνη pórnē, por'-nay; feminine of G4205; a strumpet; figuratively, an idolater:—harlot, whore.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G4204 in the following manner: harlot (8x), whore (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G4204 in the following manner: harlot (8x), whore (4x).

  1. a woman who sells her body for sexual uses

    1. a prostitute, a harlot, one who yields herself to defilement for the sake of gain

    2. any woman indulging in unlawful sexual intercourse, whether for gain or for lust

  2. metaph. an idolatress

    1. of "Babylon" i.e. Rome, the chief seat of idolatry

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πόρνη pórnē, por'-nay; feminine of G4205; a strumpet; figuratively, an idolater:—harlot, whore.
STRONGS G4204:
πόρνη, 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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
21:31
Luke
15:30
1 Corinthians
6:15
Hebrews
11:31
James
2:25
Revelation
17:1; 17:5; 17:15; 19:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4204 matches the Greek πόρνη (pornē),
which occurs 37 times in 35 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:31 - And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:15 - When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:21 - Then he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There hath been no prostitute here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:22 - And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, There hath been no prostitute here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:7 - They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:14 - A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, a harlot, these shall he not take: but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:2 - A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

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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 BoxDeu 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18 - Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1 - And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:17 - And the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to Jehovah: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - And the young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; all her kindred also they brought out; and they set them without the camp of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - But Rahab the harlot, and her father’s household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel unto this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:1 - Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:1 - And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:16 - Then there came two women that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood (now the harlots washed themselves there); according unto the word of Jehovah which he spake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:3 -
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey,
And her mouth is smoother than oil:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:26 -
For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread;
And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:3 -
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father;
But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:15 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years it shall be unto Tyre as in the song of the harlot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:16 - Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:3 - But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3 - Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hadst a harlot’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7 - How can I pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots’ houses;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:30 - How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an impudent harlot;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:31 - in that thou buildest thy vaulted place at the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street, and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:35 - Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of Jehovah:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:43

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:43 - Then said I of her that was old in adulteries, Now will they play the harlot with her, and she with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:44

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:44 - And they went in unto her, as they go in unto a harlot: so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah, the lewd women.

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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 BoxJoe 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:3 - and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:4 - because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favored harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
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