4204. porné
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porné: a prostitute
Original Word: πόρνη, ης, ἡ
Part 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 Origin
probably from pernémi (to export for sale)
Definition
a prostitute
NASB Translation
harlot (6), harlots (1), prostitute (2), prostitutes (3).

Thayer's
STRONGS NT 4204: πόρνη

πόρνη, πόρνης, (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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