ΠΟΡΝΟΝ, πορνον
PORNON, pornon
Sounds Like: POR-non
Translations: prostitute, a prostitute, fornicator, a fornicator, immoral person, an immoral person, lewd, unclean
From the root: ΠΟΡΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
Explanation: This word refers to someone who engages in sexual immorality, often specifically a prostitute or a fornicator. As an adjective, it describes something as lewd or unclean. It is the neuter singular form of the word, which can function as a noun meaning 'a prostitute' or 'a fornicator', or as an adjective meaning 'lewd' or 'immoral'.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G4205 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΡΝΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΟΡΝΙΚΟΝ — pornographic, immoral, unchaste, of a harlot, a pornographic thing
- ΠΟΡΝΟΙ — fornicators, immoral persons, prostitutes
- ΠΟΡΝΟΙΣ — fornicators, immoral persons, prostitutes, sexually immoral people
- ΠΟΡΝΟΣ — fornicator, immoral person, a fornicator, an immoral person
- ΠΟΡΝΟΥΣ — fornicators, prostitutes, male prostitutes, immoral persons
- ΠΟΡΝΩ — fornicating, immoral, lewd, a fornicator, a prostitute
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