Lexicon arsenokoites: a male engaging in same-gender sexual activity Original Word: ἀρσενοκοίτης, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: arsenokoites Phonetic Spelling: (ar-sen-ok-oy'-tace) Short Definition: a male engaging in same-gender sexual activity Definition: a male engaging in same-gender sexual activity; a sodomite, pederast. HELPS word-Studies 733 arsenokoítēs (from 730 /árrhēn, "a male" and 2845 /koítē, "a mat, bed") – properly, a man in bed with another man; a homosexual. Thayer's STRONGS NT 733: ἀρσενοκοίτηςἀρσενοκοίτης, ἀρσενοκοιτου, ὁ ( ἄρσην a male; κοίτη a bed), one who lies with a male as with a female, a sodomite: 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Timothy 1:10. (Anthol. 9, 686, 5; ecclesiastical writings.)
Strong's homosexual From arrhen and koite; a sodomite -- abuser of (that defile) self with mankind. see GREEK arrhen see GREEK koite |
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