4203. porneuó

Strong's Lexicon

porneuó: To commit fornication, to engage in sexual immorality

Original Word: πορνεύω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: porneuó
Pronunciation: por-nyoo'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (porn-yoo'-o)
Definition: To commit fornication, to engage in sexual immorality
Meaning: I fornicate; met: I practice idolatry.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek word πόρνη (pornē), meaning "prostitute" or "harlot."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with "porneuó" is זָנָה (zanah), which also means to commit fornication or to be unfaithful.

Usage: The verb "porneuó" primarily refers to engaging in illicit sexual activity, often outside the bounds of marriage. In the New Testament, it is used to describe acts of sexual immorality, which are considered sinful and contrary to God's design for human relationships. The term encompasses a range of sexual sins, including adultery, fornication, and other forms of sexual misconduct.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, sexual immorality was prevalent and often accepted as part of daily life, including temple prostitution and extramarital affairs. The early Christian community, however, upheld a counter-cultural standard of sexual purity, rooted in Jewish teachings and the moral law of the Old Testament. The New Testament writers, inspired by the Holy Spirit, emphasized the importance of sexual purity as a reflection of one's commitment to God and the sanctity of marriage.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 4203 porneúō – commit fornication (sexual immorality); (figuratively) to be unfaithful to Christ, while posing as His true follower. See 4202 (porneia).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from porné
Definition
to commit fornication
NASB Translation
act immorally (1), commit...immorality (2), committed...immorality (3), did (1), immoral (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 4203: πορνεύω

πορνεύω; 1 aorist ἐπόρνευσα; (πόρνος, πόρνη which see); the Sept. for זָנָה; in Greek writings ((Herodotus), Demosthenes, Aeschines, Dio Cassius, Lucian, others)

1. to prostitute one's body to the lust of another. In the Scriptures

2. to give oneself to unlawful sexual intercourse; to commit fornication (Vulg.fornicor): 1 Corinthians 6:18; 1 Corinthians 10:8; Revelation 2:14, 20; (Mark 10:19 WH (rejected) marginal reading).

3. by a Hebraism (see πορνεία, b.) metaphorically, to be given to idolatry, to worship idols: 1 Chronicles 5:25; Psalm 72:27 (); Jeremiah 3:6; Ezekiel 23:19; Hosea 9:1, etc.; μετά τίνος, to permit oneself to be drawn away by another into idolatry, Revelation 17:2; Revelation 18.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

commit fornication.

From porne; to act the harlot, i.e. (literally) indulge unlawful lust (of either sex), or (figuratively) practise idolatry -- commit (fornication).

see GREEK porne

Forms and Transliterations

επορνευσαν επόρνευσαν ἐπόρνευσαν επόρνευσας επόρνευσε επόρνευσεν πορνεύοντα πορνεύοντες πορνευσαι πορνεύσαι πορνεῦσαι πορνευσαντες πορνεύσαντες πορνεύσει πορνεύσης πορνεύσουσιν πορνεύσωσι πορνευωμεν πορνεύωμεν πορνευων πορνεύων eporneusan epórneusan porneuomen porneuōmen porneúomen porneúōmen porneuon porneuōn porneúon porneúōn porneusai porneûsai porneusantes porneúsantes

Englishman's Concordance

1 Corinthians 6:18 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ὁ δὲ πορνεύων εἰς τὸ
NAS: the body, but the immoral man sins
KJV: but he that committeth fornication sinneth
INT: he who however commits sexual immorality against the

1 Corinthians 10:8 V-PSA-1P
GRK: μηδὲ πορνεύωμεν καθώς τινες
NAS: Nor let us act immorally, as some
KJV: Neither let us commit fornication, as
INT: Neither should we commit sexual immorality as some

1 Corinthians 10:8 V-AIA-3P
GRK: τινες αὐτῶν ἐπόρνευσαν καὶ ἔπεσαν
NAS: let us act immorally, as some
KJV: some of them committed, and fell
INT: some of them committed sexual immorality and fell

Revelation 2:14 V-ANA
GRK: εἰδωλόθυτα καὶ πορνεῦσαι
NAS: things sacrificed to idols and to commit [acts of] immorality.
KJV: and to commit fornication.
INT: things sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality

Revelation 2:20 V-ANA
GRK: ἐμοὺς δούλους πορνεῦσαι καὶ φαγεῖν
NAS: astray so that they commit [acts of] immorality and eat
KJV: servants to commit fornication, and
INT: my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat

Revelation 17:2 V-AIA-3P
GRK: μεθ' ἧς ἐπόρνευσαν οἱ βασιλεῖς
NAS: of the earth committed [acts of] immorality, and those
KJV: of the earth have committed fornication, and
INT: with whom committed sexual immorality the kings

Revelation 18:3 V-AIA-3P
GRK: μετ' αὐτῆς ἐπόρνευσαν καὶ οἱ
NAS: of the earth have committed [acts of] immorality with her, and the merchants
KJV: of the earth have committed fornication with
INT: with her did commit sexual immorality and the

Revelation 18:9 V-APA-NMP
GRK: μετ' αὐτῆς πορνεύσαντες καὶ στρηνιάσαντες
NAS: of the earth, who committed [acts of] immorality and lived sensuously
KJV: who have committed fornication and
INT: with her having committed sexual immorality and having lived luxuriously

Strong's Greek 4203
8 Occurrences

ἐπόρνευσαν — 3 Occ.
πορνεύωμεν — 1 Occ.
πορνεύων — 1 Occ.
πορνεῦσαι — 2 Occ.
πορνεύσαντες — 1 Occ.