Word Study · Strong's G4202 · Greek
πορνεία
porneia
por-ni'-ah
Strong's 1890 spelling: porneía
“harlotry (including adultery and incest)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry
Rendered in the KJV as
fornication.
- 25occurrencesin the New Testament
- 11 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 25 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- πορνείας10
- πορνείᾳ4
- πορνεία,2
- πορνεῖαι,2
- πορνείας·2
- πορνεία1
- Πορνεία1
- πορνείαν,1
- πορνείαν.1
- πορνείαν.¶1
How it is rendered · 9
- sexual immorality12
- sexual immorality,4
- of sexual immorality2
- sexual immorality.2
- for sexual immorality1
- from sexual immorality;1
- immorality1
- Sexual immorality1
- sexual immorality;1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular11
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular4
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular4
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular3
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural2
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-GSF · 11
- N-DSF · 4
- N-NSF · 4
- N-ASF · 3
- N-NPF · 2
- N-APF · 1
All 25, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Revelation7 of 25 · 28%
- 1 Corinthians5 of 25 · 20%
- Matthew3 of 25 · 12%
- Acts3 of 25 · 12%
- Mark1 of 25 · 4%
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Matthew3 occurrences
- Matthew 5:32πορνείαςporneiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularBut I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.here: of sexual immorality
- Matthew 15:19πορνεῖαι,porneiainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluralFor out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.here: sexual immorality,
- Matthew 19:9πορνείᾳporneianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularNow I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.”here: sexual immorality
Acts3 occurrences
- Acts 15:20πορνείαςporneiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularInstead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.here: sexual immorality
- Acts 15:29πορνείας·porneiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularYou must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.here: from sexual immorality;
- Acts 21:25πορνείαν.¶porneiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularAs for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”here: sexual immorality.
1 Corinthians5 occurrences
- 1 Corinthians 5:1πορνεία,porneianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularIt is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.here: sexual immorality,
- 1 Corinthians 5:1πορνείαporneianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularIt is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.here: sexual immorality
- 1 Corinthians 6:13πορνείᾳporneianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.here: for sexual immorality
- 1 Corinthians 6:18πορνείαν.porneiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularFlee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.here: sexual immorality.
- 1 Corinthians 7:2πορνείαςporneiasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluralBut because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.here: sexual immorality
Galatians1 occurrence
1 Thessalonians1 occurrence
Revelation7 occurrences
- Revelation 2:21πορνείαςporneiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularEven though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.here: sexual immorality
- Revelation 9:21πορνείαςporneiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularFurthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.here: sexual immorality
- Revelation 14:8πορνείαςporneiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularThen a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”here: immorality
- Revelation 17:2πορνείαςporneiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularThe kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”here: sexual immorality
- Revelation 17:4πορνείαςporneiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularThe woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.here: sexual immorality
- Revelation 18:3πορνείαςporneiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularAll the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”here: sexual immorality
- Revelation 19:2πορνείᾳporneianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularFor His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”here: sexual immorality