ΠΟΡΝΗΝ, πορνην
PORNĒN, pornēn
Sounds Like: POR-nayn
Translations: harlot, a harlot, prostitute, a prostitute
From the root: ΠΟΡΝΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a harlot or prostitute. It is used to describe a woman who engages in sexual acts for payment. In the provided examples, it is used to refer to Rahab, the harlot from Jericho.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4204 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:9
Codex Sinaiticus
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 116:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 38:15, 38:22
- Leviticus — 21:7, 21:14
- Joshua — 6:17, 6:23, 6:25
- Judges — 16:1
- Ezekiel — 23:44
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΡΝΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΟΡΝΑ — prostitute, a prostitute, harlot, a harlot
- ΠΟΡΝ — prostitute, harlot, a prostitute, a harlot
- ΠΟΡΝΑΙ — harlots, prostitutes
- ΠΟΡΝΑΙΣ — (to) prostitutes, (for) prostitutes, (to) harlots, (for) harlots
- ΠΟΡΝΑΣ — of prostitutes, of harlots
- ΠΟΡΝΗ — prostitute, a prostitute, harlot, a harlot
- ΠΟΡΝΗΣ — of a prostitute, of a harlot, a prostitute, a harlot
- ΠΟΡΝΙΔΙΟΝ — little prostitute, a little prostitute, little harlot, a little harlot
- ΠΟΡΝΙΕΣʼ — prostitutes, harlots
- ΠΟΡΝΜΣ — of a prostitute, of a harlot
- ΠΟΡΝΝ — prostitute, harlot, a prostitute, a harlot
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