Word

πόρνη

pórnē · G4204 · Greek · 12 occurrences

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Meanings

prostitute

A woman who practices sexual immorality as a profession

Examples
Matthew 21:31 “Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you.
Matthew 21:32 “For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even have second thoughts afterward so as to believe him.
Luke 15:30 but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.’

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 1 groups

μέγαςgreat, large 2

Named alongside itApposition

4 occurrences in 3 groups

ῬαάβRaab 2
κάθημαιto sit 1
φθείρωto destroy 1

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

κάθημαιto sit 1
πιστεύωto believe 1
προάγωto go before, to lead forth 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

κρίνωto judge 1
μισέωto hate 1

It is given or told toIndirect object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

κολλάωto join 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

μετάwith, after 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

3 occurrences in 3 groups

κρίμαjudgment, condemnation 1
μέλοςmember, body part 1
μήτηρmother 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

Prostitute88.275: The noun names a woman who engages in prostitution. Matthew's parable of the two sons records Jesus's application: “‘For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him’” (Matthew 21:32).

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

πόρνος pórnos · G4205 · a sexually immoral person · 10×πορνεία porneía · G4202 · to engage in illicit sex, to commit fornication, sexual immorality · 25×πόρνηpórnē · G4204πορνεύω porneúō · G4203 · to engage in illicit sex, to commit fornication, sexual immorality · 8×ἐκπορνεύω ekporneúō · G1608 · to engage in illicit sex, to commit fornication, sexual immorality · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon πόρνης, ἡ (from περάω, πέρνημι, to sell; Curtius, § 358), properly a woman who sells her…

πόρνης, ἡ (from περάω, πέρνημι, to sell; Curtius, § 358), properly a woman who sells her body for sexual uses (cf. Xenophon, mem. 1, 6, 13), the Sept. for זונָה;
1. properly, a prostitute, a harlot, one who yields herself to defilement for the sake of gain (Aristophanes, Demosthenes, others); in the N. T. universally, any woman indulging in unlawful sexual intercourse, whether for gain or for lust: Mt 21:31; Lk 15:30; 1 Cor 6:15; Heb 11:31; Jas 2:25.
2. Hebraistically (see πορνεία, b. and πορνεύω, 3), metaphorically, an idolatress; so of 'Babylon' i. e. Rome, the chief seat of idolatry: Rev 17:1, Rev 17:5, Rev 17:15; Rev 19:2.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Sexual Misbehavior12 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0