4205. pornos
Strong's Lexicon
pornos: Fornicator, sexually immoral person

Original Word: πόρνος
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: pornos
Pronunciation: POR-nos
Phonetic Spelling: (por'-nos)
Definition: Fornicator, sexually immoral person
Meaning: a fornicator, man who prostitutes himself.

Word Origin: Derived from the verb πέρνημι (pernēmi), meaning "to sell," indicating a transactional or commercial aspect.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with sexual immorality is זָנָה (zanah), which means to commit fornication or to be a harlot.

Usage: In the New Testament, "pornos" refers to a person who engages in sexual immorality, particularly outside the bounds of marriage. It is often used to describe those who indulge in illicit sexual practices, including fornication, adultery, and other forms of sexual sin. The term underscores a lifestyle or habitual practice rather than a single act.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, sexual immorality was prevalent and often accepted as part of daily life, including temple prostitution and other forms of sexual expression. The early Christian community, however, was called to a higher standard of sexual purity, reflecting the holiness of God. The use of "pornos" in the New Testament serves as a stark contrast to the prevailing cultural norms and calls believers to live counter-culturally in their sexual ethics.

HELPS Word-studies

4205 pórnos (from pernaō, "to sell off") – properly, a male prostitute. 4205 (pórnos) is "properly, 'a male prostitute' (so Xen., etc.); in the NT, any fornicator" (Abbott-Smith); i.e. anyone engaging in sexual immorality. See 4202 (porneia).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
akin to porné
Definition
a fornicator
NASB Translation
fornicators (2), immoral (2), immoral men (1), immoral people (2), immoral person (1), immoral persons (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4205: πόρνος

πόρνος, πορνου, (for the etym. see πόρνη), a man who prostitutes his body to another's lust for hire, a male prostitute, ((Aristophanes), Xenophon, Demosthenes, Aeschines, Lucian); universally, a man who indulges in unlawful sexual intercourse, a fornicator (Vulg.fornicator,fornicarius (Revelation 22:15impudicus)): 1 Corinthians 5:9-11; 1 Corinthians 6:9; Ephesians 5:5; 1 Timothy 1:10; Hebrews 12:16; Hebrews 13:4; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 22:15. (Sir. 23:16f.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
fornicator, whoremonger.

From pernemi (to sell; akin to the base of piprasko); a (male) prostitute (as venal), i.e. (by analogy) a debauchee (libertine) -- fornicator, whoremonger.

see GREEK piprasko

Forms and Transliterations
πορνοι πόρνοι πορνοις πόρνοις πορνος πόρνος πορνους πόρνους pornoi pórnoi pornois pórnois pornos pórnos pornous pórnous
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Englishman's Concordance
1 Corinthians 5:9 N-DMP
GRK: μὴ συναναμίγνυσθαι πόρνοις
NAS: not to associate with immoral people;
KJV: not to company with fornicators:
INT: not to associate with the sexually immoral

1 Corinthians 5:10 N-DMP
GRK: πάντως τοῖς πόρνοις τοῦ κόσμου
NAS: I [did] not at all [mean] with the immoral people of this
KJV: altogether with the fornicators of this
INT: altogether with the sexually immoral the world

1 Corinthians 5:11 N-NMS
GRK: ὀνομαζόμενος ᾖ πόρνος ἢ πλεονέκτης
NAS: if he is an immoral person, or
KJV: be a fornicator, or
INT: designated be either sexually immoral or covetous

1 Corinthians 6:9 N-NMP
GRK: πλανᾶσθε οὔτε πόρνοι οὔτε εἰδωλολάτραι
NAS: neither fornicators, nor
KJV: neither fornicators, nor
INT: Be misled neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters

Ephesians 5:5 N-NMS
GRK: ὅτι πᾶς πόρνος ἢ ἀκάθαρτος
NAS: that no immoral or
KJV: no whoremonger, nor
INT: that any fornicator or unclean person

1 Timothy 1:10 N-DMP
GRK: πόρνοις ἀρσενοκοίταις ἀνδραποδισταῖς
NAS: and immoral men and homosexuals
KJV: For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind,
INT: the sexually immoral homosexuals men-stealers

Hebrews 12:16 N-NMS
GRK: μή τις πόρνος ἢ βέβηλος
NAS: that [there be] no immoral or
KJV: there [be] any fornicator, or
INT: lest [there be] any fornicator or profane person

Hebrews 13:4 N-AMP
GRK: κοίτη ἀμίαντος πόρνους γὰρ καὶ
NAS: [is to be] undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers
KJV: but whoremongers and
INT: bed [be] undefiled the sexually immoral however and

Revelation 21:8 N-DMP
GRK: φονεῦσιν καὶ πόρνοις καὶ φαρμακοῖς
NAS: and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers
KJV: and whoremongers, and
INT: murderers and the sexually immoral and sorcerers

Revelation 22:15 N-NMP
GRK: καὶ οἱ πόρνοι καὶ οἱ
NAS: and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the murderers
KJV: and whoremongers, and
INT: and the the sexually immoral and the

Strong's Greek 4205
10 Occurrences


πόρνοι — 2 Occ.
πόρνοις — 4 Occ.
πόρνος — 3 Occ.
πόρνους — 1 Occ.

















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