King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4203
Transliteration: porneuō
Phonetic Spelling: (porn-yoo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to commit fornication
Meaning: to commit fornication
πορνεύω; 1 aorist ἐπόρνευσα; (πόρνος, πόρνη which see); the Sept. for זָנָה; in Greek writings ((Herodotus), Demosthenes, Aeschines, Dio Cassius, Lucian, others)
Word Summary
porneuō: to commit fornication
Original Word: πορνεύωTransliteration: porneuō
Phonetic Spelling: (porn-yoo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to commit fornication
Meaning: to commit fornication
Strong's 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
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4203: πορνεύωπορνεύω; 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