Lexicon porné: a prostitute Original Word: πόρνη, ης, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: porné Phonetic Spelling: (por'-nay) Short Definition: a prostitute Definition: a prostitute; met: an idolatrous community. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originprobably from pernémi (to export for sale) Definitiona prostitute NASB Translationharlot (6), harlots (1), prostitute (2), prostitutes (3).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4204: πόρνηπόρνη, 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.
Strong's prostitute, harlot Feminine of pornos; a strumpet; figuratively, an idolater -- harlot, whore. see GREEK pornos |
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