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πορνεία

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
πορνεία, -ας, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
porneia
Simplified transliteration: 
porneia
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4202
GK Number: 
4518
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
25
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1a
Gloss: 
sexual immorality, fornication, marital unfaithfulness, prostitution, adultery, a generic term for sexual sin of any kind
Definition: 
fornication, whoredom, Mt. 15:19; Mk. 7:21; Acts 15:20, 29; concubinage, Jn. 8:41; adultery, Mt. 5:32; 19:9; incest, 1 Cor. 5:1; lewdness, uncleanness, genr., Rom. 1:29; from the Hebrew, put symbolically for idolatry, Rev. 2:21; 14:8

Greek-English Concordance for πορνεία

Matthew 5:32 But I say to you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual (porneias | πορνείας | gen sg fem) immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman is made to commit adultery.
Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual (porneiai | πορνεῖαι | nom pl fem) immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
Matthew 19:9 But I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual (porneia | πορνείᾳ | dat sg fem) immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”
Mark 7:21 For from within, from the heart of a person, come evil plots, immoralities (porneiai | πορνεῖαι | nom pl fem), thefts, murders,
John 8:41 You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to him, “We have not been born as a result of fornication (porneias | πορνείας | gen sg fem); we have only one father, God himself.”
Acts 15:20 but should write to them to abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from sexual (porneias | πορνείας | gen sg fem) immorality, and from what has been strangled, and from blood.
Acts 15:29 that you abstain from meat sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from sexual (porneias | πορνείας | gen sg fem) immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.”
Acts 21:25 But as for the Gentiles who have believed, we sent a letter with our judgment that they should abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual (porneian | πορνείαν | acc sg fem) immorality.”
1 Corinthians 5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual (porneia | πορνεία | nom sg fem) immorality (porneia | πορνεία | nom sg fem) among you, a kind of immorality (porneia | πορνεία | nom sg fem) that is not tolerated even among Gentiles, for a man is living in sin with his father’s wife.
1 Corinthians 6:13 “Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food” — and God will destroy both the one and the other. But the body is not for sexual (porneia | πορνείᾳ | dat sg fem) immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;
1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee sexual (porneian | πορνείαν | acc sg fem) immorality! Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
1 Corinthians 7:2 But because of cases of sexual (porneias | πορνείας | acc pl fem) immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
2 Corinthians 12:21 I am afraid that when I come, my God may again humble me before you, and that I will mourn for many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual (porneia | πορνείᾳ | dat sg fem) immorality, and debauchery in which they indulged.
Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality (porneia | πορνεία | nom sg fem), impurity, debauchery,
Ephesians 5:3 But sexual immorality (porneia | πορνεία | nom sg fem) and every kind of impurity or covetousness must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among the saints;
Colossians 3:5 Therefore put to death Therefore whatever is earthly in you: sexual (porneian | πορνείαν | acc sg fem) immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, evil and covetousness, which is idolatry.
1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God — your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual (porneias | πορνείας | gen sg fem) immorality,
Revelation 2:21 I have given her time to repent, but she is unwilling to repent of her sexual immorality (porneias | πορνείας | gen sg fem).
Revelation 9:21 Neither did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality (porneias | πορνείας | gen sg fem) or their stealing.
Revelation 14:8 Then another angel, a second, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! — she who has made all nations drink of the wine of her passionate immorality.” (porneias | πορνείας | gen sg fem)
Revelation 17:2 The kings of the earth committed acts of immorality with her, and those who dwell upon the earth became intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” (porneias | πορνείας | gen sg fem)
Revelation 17:4 The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls. In her hand she held a golden cup full of abominations, the impurities of her fornication (porneias | πορνείας | gen sg fem).
Revelation 18:3 For all the nations have drunk the wine of her passionate immorality (porneias | πορνείας | gen sg fem), and the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her excessive luxury.”
Revelation 19:2 because true and just are his judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality (porneia | πορνείᾳ | dat sg fem), and has avenged the blood of his servants shed by her hand.”