πορνείαporneía
harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry
Greek (New Testament) · G4202
Meanings
fornication: Acts 15:20, Acts 15:29, Acts 21:25, 1 Corinthians 5:1, 1 Corinthians 6:13, 1 Corinthians 6:18, 2 Corinthians 12:21, Galatians 5:19, Ephesians 5:3, Colossians 3:5, 1 Thessalonians 4:3, Revelation 9:21; plural (see WM, 220; Bl., § 32, 6), 1 Corinthians 7:2; distinguished from μοιχεία, Matthew 15:19, Mark 7:21; = μοιχεία (Amos 8:17, Sirach 23:23, and elsewhere), Matthew 5:32, Matthew 19:9. Metaph. (of idolatry: Deuteronomy 23:2, Hosea 1:2): John 8:41, and so perhaps, Revelation 2:21, Revelation 14:18, Revelation 17:2, Revelation 17:4, Revelation 18:3, Revelation 19:2.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 25 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 5:32 But I say that a man who divorces his wife, unless she has been unfaithful, causes her to commit adultery. And anyone who marries a divorced woman also commits adultery.
- Matthew 15:19 For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander.
- Matthew 19:9 And I tell you this, whoever divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery—unless his wife has been unfaithful.”
- Mark 7:21 For from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
- John 8:41 No, you are imitating your real father.” They replied, “We aren’t illegitimate children! God himself is our true Father.”
- Acts 15:20 Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from eating food offered to idols, from sexual immorality, from eating the meat of strangled animals, and from consuming blood.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.