Strong’s
G4203Verb8 times in the New Testament (critical text)Where it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- 1 Corinthians 6:18πορνεύων
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
- Revelation 2:14πορνεῦσαι
But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
Abbott-Smith
πορνεύω
[in LXX for זָנָה ;]
[in LXX for זָנָה ;]
1. to prostitute the body for hire.
2. to commit fornication: Mrk.10:19 (WH, mg), 1Co.6:18 10:8, Rev.2:14, 20. Metaphorical (as in LXX: 1Ch.5:25, Jer.3:6, Hos.9:1, al.), of idolatry (but see Swete, Ap., 180 f.), Rev.17:2 18:3, 9 (cf. ἐκ- πορνεύω).†
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.