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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 12 times in 12 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:31 - Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:32 - For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:30 - But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:15 - Do you not see that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? how then may I take what is a part of the body of Christ and make it a part of the body of a loose woman? such a thing may not be.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:16 - Or do you not see that he who is joined to a loose woman is one body with her? for God has said, The two of them will become one flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:31 - By faith Rahab, the loose woman, was not put to death with those who had gone against God's orders, because she had taken into her house in peace those sent to see the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:25 - And in the same way, was not the righteousness of Rahab, the loose woman, judged by her works, when she took into her house those who were sent and let them go out by another way?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:1 - And one of the seven angels who had the seven vessels came and said to me, Come here, so that you may see the judging of the evil woman who is seated on the great waters;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:5 - And on her brow was a name, SECRET, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE EVIL WOMEN AND OF THE UNCLEAN THINGS OF THE EARTH.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:15 - And he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the evil woman is seated, are peoples, and armies, and nations and languages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:16 - And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will be turned against the evil woman, and will make her waste and uncovered, and will take her flesh for food, and will have her burned with fire.

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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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