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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
πόρνη, -ης, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
pornē
Simplified transliteration: 
porne
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4204
GK Number: 
4520
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
12
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1b
Gloss: 
prostitute, a woman who practices sexual immorality for payment; this can refer to religious unfaithfulness
Definition: 
a prostitute, a whore, harlot, an unchaste female, Mt. 21:31, 32; from the Hebrew, an idolatress, Rev. 17:1, 5, 15

Greek-English Concordance for πόρνη

Matthew 21:31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes (pornai | πόρναι | nom pl fem) will enter the kingdom of God before you!
Matthew 21:32 For John came to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but tax collectors and prostitutes (pornai | πόρναι | nom pl fem) did believe. And even when you saw it, you did not change your minds and believe him.
Luke 15:30 But when this son of yours came, who has consumed your estate with prostitutes (pornōn | πορνῶν | gen pl fem), you killed the fattened calf for him!’
1 Corinthians 6:15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute (pornēs | πόρνης | gen sg fem)? Never!
1 Corinthians 6:16 Or do you not know that he who joins himself to a prostitute (pornē | πόρνῃ | dat sg fem) is one body with her? For it says, “The two will become one flesh.”
Hebrews 11:31 By faith Rahab the prostitute (pornē | πόρνη | nom sg fem) did not perish with the unbelievers, because she had received the spies with peace.
James 2:25 And in the same way was not also Rahab the harlot (pornē | πόρνη | nom sg fem) justified by works when she took in the spies and sent them out by another way?
Revelation 17:1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute (pornēs | πόρνης | gen sg fem) who is seated on many waters.
Revelation 17:5 And on her forehead was written a name, a mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes (pornōn | πορνῶν | gen pl fem) and of the abominations of the earth.”
Revelation 17:15 Then the angel said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the prostitute (pornē | πόρνη | nom sg fem) is seated, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
Revelation 17:16 As for the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute (pornēn | πόρνην | acc sg fem) and make her desolate and naked. They will devour her flesh and burn her up with fire,
Revelation 19:2 because true and just are his judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute (pornēn | πόρνην | acc sg fem) who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged the blood of his servants shed by her hand.”