"to commit fornication, 1 Cor. 6:18; 10:8; Rev. 2:14, 20; from the Hebrew, to commit spiritual fornication, practise idolatry, Rev. 17:2; 18:3, 9*"
Definition and meaning
to commit fornication, 1 Cor. 6:18; 10:8; Rev. 2:14, 20; from the Hebrew, to commit spiritual fornication, practise idolatry, Rev. 17:2; 18:3, 9*
In the original Greek the word is written: πορνεύω
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of porneuo (G4203) across the King James Bible.
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
But 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.
Notwithstanding 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.
With 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.
For 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.
And 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,
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Common questions
Strong's G4203 (porneuo) is a Greek word that means: to commit fornication, 1 Cor. 6:18; 10:8; Rev. 2:14, 20; from the Hebrew, to commit spiritual fornication, practise idolatry, Rev. 17:2; 18:3, 9* It appears 7 times in the King James Bible.
The word porneuo (G4203) appears 7 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4203 is porneuo, a Greek word defined as: to commit fornication, 1 Cor. 6:18; 10:8; Rev. 2:14, 20; from the Hebrew, to commit spiritual fornication, practise idolatry, Rev. 17:2; 18:3, 9*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
porneuo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.