Greek noun (feminine) · G4204
πόρνη
pornepor'-nay
prostitute
12 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pórnē
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4204is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4204
a strumpet; figuratively, an idolater
The King James renders it: harlot, whore.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
porne is rendered "prostitute". It stands 12 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Five of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
Matthew 21:31πόρναι
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's twelve uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- prostitute7
- prostitutes4
- of a prostitute1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- πόρνη3
- πόρναι2
- πόρνην2
- πόρνης2
- πορνῶν2
- πόρνῃ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular3N-NSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2N-ASF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural2N-GPF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2N-GSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural2N-NPF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF
Matthew
two uses
Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
- πόρναιpornainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: prostitutes
For John came to you in a righteous way and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
- πόρναιpornainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: prostitutes
Luke
one use
But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
- πορνῶνpornonnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: prostitutes
1 Corinthians
two uses
Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
- πόρνηςpornesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of a prostitute
Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”
- πόρνῃpornenoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: prostitute
Hebrews
one use
By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.
- πόρνηpornenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: prostitute
James
one use
In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?
- πόρνηpornenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: prostitute
Revelation
five uses
Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
- πόρνηςpornesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: prostitute
And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
- πορνῶνpornonnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: prostitutes
Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
- πόρνηpornenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: prostitute
And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
- πόρνηνpornennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: prostitute
For 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.”
- πόρνηνpornennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: prostitute
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.