STRONGS NUMBER G4205


Word Summary
pornos: a fornicator
Original Word: πόρνος
Transliteration: pornos
Phonetic Spelling: (por'-nos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a fornicator
Meaning: a fornicator
Strong's Concordance
fornicator, whoremonger.

From pernemi (to sell; akin to the base of piprasko); a (male) prostitute (as venal), i.e. (by analogy) a debauchee (libertine) -- fornicator, whoremonger.

see GREEK piprasko

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4205: πόρνος

πόρνος, πορνου, (for the etym. see πόρνη), a man who prostitutes his body to another's lust for hire, a male prostitute, ((Aristophanes), Xenophon, Demosthenes, Aeschines, Lucian); universally, a man who indulges in unlawful sexual intercourse, a fornicator (Vulg.fornicator,fornicarius (Revelation 22:15impudicus)): 1 Corinthians 5:9-11; 1 Corinthians 6:9; Ephesians 5:5; 1 Timothy 1:10; Hebrews 12:16; Hebrews 13:4; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 22:15. (Sir. 23:16f.)