Lexical Summary pornos: a fornicator Original Word: πόρνοςTransliteration: pornos Phonetic Spelling: (por'-nos) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a fornicator Meaning: a fornicator Strong's Concordance fornicator, whoremonger. From pernemi (to sell; akin to the base of piprasko); a (male) prostitute (as venal), i.e. (by analogy) a debauchee (libertine) -- fornicator, whoremonger. see GREEK piprasko Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4205: πόρνοςπόρνος, πορνου, ὁ (for the etym. see πόρνη), a man who prostitutes his body to another's lust for hire, a male prostitute, ((Aristophanes), Xenophon, Demosthenes, Aeschines, Lucian); universally, a man who indulges in unlawful sexual intercourse, a fornicator (Vulg.fornicator,fornicarius (Revelation 22:15impudicus)): 1 Corinthians 5:9-11; 1 Corinthians 6:9; Ephesians 5:5; 1 Timothy 1:10; Hebrews 12:16; Hebrews 13:4; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 22:15. (Sir. 23:16f.) |