Greek noun (masculine) · G4205
πόρνος
pornospor'-nos
a male prostitute (Xen., al.).; a fornicator
10 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pórnos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4205is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4205
a (male) prostitute (as venal), i.e. (by analogy) a debauchee (libertine)
The King James renders it: fornicator, whoremonger.
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
pornos is rendered "a male prostitute (Xen., al.).; a fornicator". It stands 10 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Four of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a male prostitute (Xen., al.).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Corinthians 5:9I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.
1 Corinthians 5:9πόρνοις
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's ten uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: a male prostitute (Xen., al.)., and a fornicator.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a male prostitute (Xen., al.). | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where1 Corinthians 5:9I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. |
| a fornicator1Co.5:9-11 6:9 | Tagged as
| Where1 Corinthians 5:9I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. |
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 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- πόρνοις4
- πόρνος3
- πόρνοι2
- πόρνους1
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural4N-DPM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3N-NSM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2N-NPM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural1N-APM
1 Corinthians
four uses
I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.
- πόρνοιςpornoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: sexually immoral
I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.
- πόρνοιςpornoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: sexually immoral
But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
- πόρνοςpornosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: sexually immoral
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
- πόρνοιpornoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: sexually immoral
Ephesians
one use
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
- πόρνοςpornosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: fornicator
1 Timothy
one use
for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
- πόρνοιςpornoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: for the sexually immoral
Hebrews
two uses
See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
- πόρνοςpornosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: fornicator
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
- πόρνουςpornousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: sexually immoral
Revelation
two uses
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
- πόρνοιςpornoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: to the sexually immoral
But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
- πόρνοιpornoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: sexually immoral
Where it leads
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.