Sexual sin
πορνείαStrong’s G4202porneia
Appears in 25 verses of the New Testament
In short
Porneia is the Greek word usually translated “sexual immorality”, “from sexual immorality” and “immorality”. It appears in 25 verses of the New Testament.
“But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.”
Meaning
Usually translated “sexual immorality”, “from sexual immorality” and “immorality”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- sexual immorality 21
- of sexual immorality 2
- from sexual immorality 1
- for sexual immorality 1
- immorality 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 7
- 1 Corinthians 4
- Matthew 3
- Acts 3
- Mark 1
- John 1
12 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 15:19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
- Matthew 19:9And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
- Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
- John 8:41Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
- Acts 15:20But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
- Acts 15:29That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
Greek dictionary
πορνεία porneia · sexual sin
πορνεία, -ας, ἡ (πορνεύω), [in LXX for תַּזְנוּת and cogn. forms ;] fornication: Act.15:20, 29 21:25, 1Co.5:1 6:13 6:18, 2Co.12:21, Gal.5:19, Eph.5:3, Col.3:5, 1Th.4:3 (Lft., Notes, 53), Rev.9:21; pl. (see WM, 220; Bl., § 32, 6), 1Co.7:2; disting. from μοιχεία, Mat.15:19, Mrk.7:21; = μοιχεία (Amos 8:17 Sir.23:23, al.), Mat.5:32 19:9. Metaphorical (of idolatry: Deu.23:2, Hos.1:2): Jhn.8:41 (Westc., in l), and so perh. (Thayer-Grimm, see word; but see Swete, in 11.), Rev.2:21 14:18 17:2, 4 18:3 19:2.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.