Lexicon pornos: a fornicator Original Word: πόρνος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: pornos Phonetic Spelling: (por'-nos) Short Definition: a fornicator Definition: a fornicator, man who prostitutes himself. HELPS word-Studies 4205 pórnos (from pernaō, "to sell off") – properly, a male prostitute. 4205 (pórnos) is "properly, 'a male prostitute' (so Xen., etc.); in the NT, any fornicator" (Abbott-Smith); i.e. anyone engaging in sexual immorality. See 4202 (porneia). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originakin to pornéDefinitiona fornicator NASB Translationfornicators (2), immoral (2), immoral men (1), immoral people (2), immoral person (1), immoral persons (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4205: πόρνοςπόρνος, πορνου, ὁ (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.)
Strong's 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 |
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