1 | Strong's Number: g4204 | Greek: porne |
Harlot:
"a prostitute, harlot" (from pernemi, "to sell"), is used
(a) literally, in Mat 21:31, 32, of those who were the objects of the mercy shown by Christ; in Luk 15:30, of the life of the Prodigal; in 1Cr 6:15, 16, in a warning to the Corinthian church against the prevailing licentiousness which had made Corinth a byword; in Hbr 11:31; Jam 2:25, of Rahab;
(b) metaphorically, of mystic Babylon, Rev 17:1, 5 (AV, "harlots"), 15, 16; 19:2, RV, for AV, "whore."
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