ΠΟΡΝΕΙΑ, πορνεια
PORNEIA, porneia
Sounds Like: por-NEH-yah
Translations: fornication, a fornication, sexual immorality, prostitution, harlotry
From the root: ΠΟΡΝΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to illicit sexual intercourse, often translated as fornication or sexual immorality. In a broader sense, especially in the New Testament, it can encompass all forms of unlawful sexual activity, including adultery, prostitution, and other sexual sins. It is used to describe acts of unfaithfulness, both literally and metaphorically, such as spiritual idolatry or unfaithfulness to God.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Accusative, or Vocative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4202 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:20
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 9:357
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 23:23, 26:9
- Jeremiah — 2:20, 3:9
- Ezekiel — 16:25, 16:34, 16:36, 23:17, 23:29, 43:7
- Nahum — 3:4
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 4 — 1:5
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 19:9
- 1 Corinthians — 5:1, 6:13
- 2 Corinthians — 12:21
- Galatians — 5:19
- Ephesians — 5:3
- Revelation — 19:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΡΝΕΙΑ.
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.
- ΟΡΝΕΙΑ — fornication, sexual immorality, prostitution, a prostitution, harlotry, unchastity
- ΟΡΝΙΑΣ — of fornication, of sexual immorality, of prostitution, of idolatry
- ΠΟΡΝΕΙΑΙ — fornications, immoralities, prostitutions, sexual immoralities
- ΠΟΡΝΕΙΑΙΣ — to immoralities, to fornications, to sexual immoralities, to prostitutions
- ΠΟΡΝΕΙΑΝ — fornication, sexual immorality, prostitution, a fornication, a sexual immorality, a prostitution
- ΠΟΡΝΕΙΑΣ — of sexual immorality, of fornication, of prostitution, of harlotry
- ΠΟΡΝΙΑΙ — fornications, immoralities, sexual immoralities, prostitutions
- ΠΟΡΝΙΑΙΣ — (to) fornication, (to) prostitution, (to) sexual immorality
- ΠΟΡΝΙΑΙΣʼ — to sexual immorality, to fornication, to prostitution, to idolatry, to unlawful sexual intercourse
- ΠΟΡΝΙΑΝ — fornication, sexual immorality, prostitution, a fornication, a sexual immorality, a prostitution
- ΠΟΡΝΙΑΣ — of fornication, of sexual immorality, of prostitution, of unchastity
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