Lexicon porneuó: to commit fornication Original Word: πορνεύωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: porneuó Phonetic Spelling: (porn-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I fornicate, practice idolatry Definition: I fornicate; met: I practice idolatry. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 4203 porneúō – commit fornication (sexual immorality); (figuratively) to be unfaithful to Christ, while posing as His true follower. See 4202 (porneia). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom pornéDefinitionto commit fornication NASB Translationact immorally (1), commit...immorality (2), committed...immorality (3), did (1), immoral (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4203: πορνεύωπορνεύω; 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 (); 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.
Strong's commit fornication. From porne; to act the harlot, i.e. (literally) indulge unlawful lust (of either sex), or (figuratively) practise idolatry -- commit (fornication). see GREEK porne |
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