Strong's Lexicon
G4205 — πόρνος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4205 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πόρνος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from pernemi "to sell" (akin to the base of G4097) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 10 |
| Transliteration: | pornos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | por'-nos |
| Meaning: | 1. a (male) prostitute (for hire) 2. (by analogy) a sex addict, a debauchee, a pornographer 3. (by extension) one who is sexually or morally unrestrained |
| KJV Renderings: | fornicator, whoremonger |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πόρνος, 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 (Rev 22:15 impudicus)): 1Co 5:9-11; 1Co 6:9; Eph 5:5; 1Ti 1:10; Heb 12:16; Heb 13:4; Rev 21:8; Rev 22:15. (Sir 23:16 f.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πόρνος (fornicator)
1 Corinthians 5:9
- KJV: I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators
- GK: έγραψα υμίν εν τη επιστολή μη συναναμίγνυσθαι πόρνοις
1 Corinthians 5:10
- KJV: Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world or with the covetous or extortioners or with idolaters for then must ye needs go out of the world
- GK: και ου πάντως τοις πόρνοις του κόσμου τούτου η τοις πλεονέκταις η άρπαξιν η ειδωλολάτραις επεί οφείλετε άρα εκ του κόσμου εξελθείν
1 Corinthians 5:11
- KJV: But now I have written unto you not to keep company if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator or covetous or an idolater or a railer or a drunkard or an extortioner with such an one no not to eat
- GK: νυνί δε έγραψα υμίν μη συναναμίγνυσθαι εάν τις αδελφός ονομαζόμενος η πόρνος η πλεονέκτης η ειδωλολάτρης η λοίδορος η μέθυσος η άρπαξ τω τοιούτω μηδέ συνεσθίειν
1 Corinthians 6:9
- KJV: Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God Be not deceived neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor abusers of themselves with mankind
- GK: η ουκ οίδατε ότι άδικοι βασιλείαν θεού ου κληρονομήσουσι μη πλανάσθε ούτε πόρνοι ούτε ειδωλολάτραι ούτε μοιχοί ούτε μαλακοί ούτε αρσενοκοίται
Ephesians 5:5
- KJV: For this ye know that no whoremonger nor unclean person nor covetous man who is an idolater hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God
- GK: τούτο γαρ εστε γινώσκοντες ότι πας πόρνος η ακάθαρτος η πλεονέκτης ος εστιν ειδωλολάτρης ουκ έχει κληρονομίαν εν τη βασιλεία του χριστού και θεού
1 Timothy 1:10
- KJV: For whoremongers for them that defile themselves with mankind for menstealers for liars for perjured persons and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine
- GK: πόρνοις αρσενοκοίταις ανδραποδισταίς ψεύσταις επιόρκοις και ει έτερον τη υγιαινούση διδασκαλία αντίκειται
Hebrews 12:16
- KJV: Lest there any fornicator or profane person as Esau who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright
- GK: μη τις πόρνος η βέβηλος ως Ησαύ ος αντί βρώσεως μιάς απέδοτο τα πρωτοτόκια αυτού
Hebrews 13:4
- KJV: Marriage honourable in all and the bed undefiled but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge
- GK: τίμιος ο γάμος εν πάσι και η κοίτη αμίαντος πόρνους δε και μοιχούς κρινεί ο θεός
Revelation 21:8
- KJV: But the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death
- GK: τοις δε δειλοίς και απίστοις και αμαρτωλοίς και εβδελυγμένοις και φονεύσι και πόρνοις και φαρμακοίς και ειδωλολάτραις και πάσι τοις ψευδέσι το μέρος αυτών εν τη λίμνη τη καιομένη πυρί και θείω ο εστίν ο θάνατος ο δεύτερος