Strong's Lexicon
G1608 — ἐκπορνεύω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1608 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐκπορνεύω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1537 and G4203 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | ekporneuo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ek-porn-yoo'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to be utterly unchaste |
| KJV Renderings: | give self over to fornication |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκπορνεύω: 1 aorist participle feminine ἐκπορνεύσασα; (the prefix ἐκ seems to indicate a lust that gluts itself, satisfies itself completely); the Sept. often for æÈðÈä; "to go a whoring, ’give oneself over to fornication’" A. V.: Jud 1:7. Not found in secular writings. (Test xii. Patr. test. Dan § 5; Pollux 6, 30 (126).)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐκπορνεύω (give self over to fornication)
Jude 1:7
- KJV: Even as Sodom and Gomorrha and the cities about them in like manner giving themselves over to fornication and going after strange flesh are set forth for an example suffering the vengeance of eternal fire
- GK: ως Σόδομα και Γόμορρα και αι περί αυτάς πόλεις τον όμοιον τούτοις τρόπον εκπορνεύσασαι και απελθούσαι οπίσω σαρκός ετέρας πρόκεινται δείγμα πυρός αιωνίου δίκην υπέχουσαι
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