Tools and resources you need to do a word study on the Greek word for immorality, porneia.

• Strong’s number: G4202
• Greek Lexical Dictionary: Strong’s #4202 – πορνεία
• Greek Word: πορνεία, ας, ἡ
• Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
• Transliteration: porneia
• Phonetic Spelling: (por-ni’-ah)
• Quick Definition: fornication
• Usage: fornication, whoredom; met: idolatry.
• Etymology: From G4205
• NASB Translation: fornication (4), fornications (2), immoralities (1), immorality (16), sexual immorality (1), unchastity (1).

New Testament usage

25 times in 24 verses

Mat 5:32; Mat 15:19; Mat 19:9; Mar 7:21; Joh 8:41; Act 15:20; Act 15:29; Act 21:25; 1Co 5:1; 1Co 6:13; 1Co 6:18; 1Co 7:2; 2Co 12:21; Gal 5:19; Eph 5:3; Col 3:5; 1Th 4:3; Rev 2:21; Rev 9:21; Rev 14:8; Rev 17:2; Rev 17:4; Rev 18:3; Rev 19:2.

43 times in 27 verses in the Septuagint (LXX)

Gen 38:24; Num 14:33; 2Ki 9:22; Isa 47:10; Isa 57:9; Jer 2:20; Jer 3:2; Jer 3:9; Jer 13:27; Eze 16:15; Eze 16:22; Eze 16:25; Eze 16:33; Eze 16:34; Eze 16:36; Eze 16:41; Eze 23:7; Eze 23:8; Eze 23:11; Eze 23:14; Eze 23:17; Eze 23:18; Eze 23:19; Eze 23:27; Eze 23:29; Eze 23:35; Eze 43:7; Eze 43:9; Hos 1:2; Hos 2:4; Hos 2:6; Hos 4:11; Hos 4:12; Hos 5:4; Hos 6:10; Mic 1:7; Nah 3:4.

Englishman’s Concordance: πορνεία (porneia)

Lexicons

• Thayer’s G4202: illicit sexual intercourse; metaphorically the worship of idols.
• Strong’s G4202: From G4203; harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively idolatry: – fornication.
• Mounce G4202: sexual immorality, fornication, marital unfaithfulness, prostitution, adultery, a generic term for sexual sin of any kind.
• Related words: G4203 porneuó (verb); G4204 porné (noun); G4205 pornos (noun).
• Hebrew Equivalent Word: Strong#2183 ‑ זְנוּנִים (zaw‑noon’);  8457 ‑ תַּזְנֻת (taz‑nooth’).
• PreceptsAustin: porneia

Reference

• 12 1Corinthians 4:17-5:5 Ignoring Immorality
• 12 What did Moses command? Mark 10:2-12
• 16 1Corinthians 6:15-20 Glorify God in your body
• 17 1Corinthians 7:1-6 To the married
• 18 1Corinthians 7:7-11 To the widowed
• 19 1Corinthians 7:12-24 To the rest
• 20 1Corinthians 7:25-40 To the betrothed
• 07 Colossians 3:1-7 Set your mind on the things above
• 26 Matthew 5:27-30 Adultery
• 27 Matthew 5:31-32 Divorce
• Marriage: Forming a More Perfect Union
• Marriage God’s Way

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