To sin sexually
πορνεύωStrong’s G4203porneuō
Appears in 7 verses of the New Testament
In short
Porneuō is the Greek word usually translated “committed sexual immorality”, “commit sexual immorality” and “sinning sexually”. It appears in 7 verses of the New Testament.
“Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.”
Meaning
Usually translated “committed sexual immorality”, “commit sexual immorality” and “sinning sexually”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- committed sexual immorality 3
- to commit sexual immorality 2
- sinning sexually 1
- shall we commit sexual immorality 1
- having committed sexual immorality 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 5
- 1 Corinthians 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 10:8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
- Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
- Revelation 2:20Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
- Revelation 17:2With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
- Revelation 18:3For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
- Revelation 18:9And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
Greek dictionary
πορνεύω porneuō · to sin sexually
πορνεύω [in LXX for זָנָה ;] 1. to prostitute the body for hire. 2. to commit fornication: Mrk.10:19 (WH, mg), 1Co.6:18 10:8, Rev.2:14, 20. Metaphorical (as in LXX: 1Ch.5:25, Jer.3:6, Hos.9:1, al.), of idolatry (but see Swete, Ap., 180 f.), Rev.17:2 18:3, 9 (cf. ἐκ- πορνεύω).† (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.