G4203 – porneuo – πορνεύω – to fornicate; metaph. to commit idolatry
- Strong’s ID:
- G4203
- Greek Word:
- πορνεύω
- Transliteration:
- porneuo
- Pronunciation:
- porn-yoo’-o
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Etymology:
- from G4204
- Usage Count:
- 8
- Search:
- Find “porneuo” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) to fornicate (i.e., to desire someone that is not their spouse)
2) metaphorically: to commit idolatry (i.e., to cheat on The One True God with another [false] god)
NOTE: this is where the English word “porn” comes from
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G4204; to act the harlot, i.e. (literally) indulge unlawful lust (of either sex), or (figuratively) practise idolatry:—commit (fornication).
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) to prostitute one’s body to the lust of another
2) to give one’s self to unlawful sexual intercourse
2a) to commit fornication
3) metaphorically to be given to idolatry, to worship idols
3a) to permit one’s self to be drawn away by another into idolatry
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.