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πορνεία

porneiasexual sinHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine25 occurrences11 books24 verses

Definition

πορνεία, -ας, ἡ

(πορνεύω), [in LXX for תַּזְנוּת and cogn. forms ;]

fornication: Acts 15:20, 29; 21:25, 1 Corinthians 5:1; 6:13; 6:18, 2 Corinthians 12:21, Galatians 5:19, Ephesians 5:3, Colossians 3:5, 1 Thessalonians 4:3 (Lft., Notes, 53), Revelation 9:21; pl. (see WM, 220; Bl., § 32, 6), 1 Corinthians 7:2; disting. from μοιχεία, Matthew 15:19, Mark 7:21; = μοιχεία (Amos 8:17 Sir.23.23, al.), Matthew 5:32; 19:9. Metaphorical (of idolatry: Deuteronomy 23:2, Hosea 1:2): John 8:41 (Westc., in l), and so perh. (Thayer-Grimm, see word; but see Swete, in 11.), Revelation 2:21; 14:18; 17:2, 4; 18:3; 19:2.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as πορνεία:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

25 total
  1. Matthew 5:32πορνείας · sexual immorality
    But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
  2. Matthew 15:19πορνεῖαι · sexual immorality
    For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
  3. Matthew 19:9πορνείᾳ · sexual immorality
    Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
  4. Mark 7:21πορνεῖαι · sexual immorality
    For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
  5. John 8:41πορνείας
    You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”
  6. Acts 15:20πορνείας · sexual immorality
    Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
  7. Acts 15:29πορνείας · from sexual immorality
    You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.
  8. Acts 21:25πορνείαν · sexual immorality
    As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
  9. 1 Corinthians 5:1πορνεία · sexual immorality; πορνεία · [of a kind]
    It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.
  10. 1 Corinthians 6:13πορνείᾳ · for sexual immorality
    “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
  11. 1 Corinthians 6:18πορνείαν · sexual immorality
    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.
  12. 1 Corinthians 7:2πορνείας · sexual immorality
    But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
  13. 2 Corinthians 12:21πορνείᾳ · sexual immorality
    I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.
  14. Galatians 5:19πορνεία · sexual immorality
    The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
  15. Ephesians 5:3Πορνεία · of sexual immorality
    But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.
  16. Colossians 3:5πορνείαν · sexual immorality
    Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
  17. 1 Thessalonians 4:3πορνείας · sexual immorality
    For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
  18. Revelation 2:21πορνείας · immorality
    Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.
  19. Revelation 9:21πορνείας · sexual immorality
    Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.
  20. Revelation 14:8πορνείας · immorality
    Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
  21. Revelation 17:2πορνείας · immorality
    The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”
  22. Revelation 17:4πορνείας · sexual immorality
    The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.
  23. Revelation 18:3πορνείας · immorality
    All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”
  24. Revelation 19:2πορνείᾳ · immorality
    For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”