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GreekG4204Noun (Feminine)

πόρνη

pornē

12Occurrences
G4204Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a strumpet; figuratively, an idolater

feminine of G4205 (πόρνος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a prostitute, harlot: . Metaphorical (see Swete, Ap., 180 f.), of Babylon (i.e. Rome).
LXX: chiefly for זָנָה

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

πόρνη appears 12 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Revelation
5
1 Corinthians
2
Matthew
2
Hebrews
1
James
1
Luke
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 6:15BSB

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

Hebrews 11:31BSB

By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.

Luke 15:30BSB

But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

Matthew 21:32BSB

For John came to you in a righteous way and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

Revelation 17:5BSB

And on her forehead a mysterious name was written:BABYLON THE GREAT,THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTESAND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.