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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.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>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.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>4205</b> <i>pórnos</i> (from <i>pernaō</i>, "to sell off") – properly, a male prostitute. <a href="/greek/4205.htm">4205</a> (<i>pórnos</i>) is "<i>properly</i>, 'a male prostitute' (so Xen., etc.); <i>in the NT</i>, <i>any fornicator</i>" (<i>Abbott-Smith</i>); i.e. anyone engaging in sexual immorality. <a href="/greek/4202.htm">See 4202</a> (<i>porneia</i>).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>akin to <a href="/greek/4204.htm">porné</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a fornicator<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>fornicators (2), immoral (2), immoral men (1), immoral people (2), immoral person (1), immoral persons (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4205: πόρνος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">πόρνος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">πορνου</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> (for the etym. see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">πόρνη</span></span>), <span class="accented">a man who prostitutes his body to another's lust for hire, a male prostitute,</span> ((<span class="abbreviation">Aristophanes</span>), <span class="abbreviation">Xenophon</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Demosthenes</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Aeschines</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Lucian</span>); universally, <span class="accented">a man who indulges in unlawful sexual intercourse, a fornicator</span> (<span class="manuref">Vulg.</span><span class="latin">fornicator</span>,<span class="latin">fornicarius</span> (<a href="/interlinear/revelation/22-15.htm">Revelation 22:15</a><span class="latin">impudicus</span>)): <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/5-9.htm">1 Corinthians 5:9-11</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/5-5.htm">Ephesians 5:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/1-10.htm">1 Timothy 1:10</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12-16.htm">Hebrews 12:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/13-4.htm">Hebrews 13:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/21-8.htm">Revelation 21:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/22-15.htm">Revelation 22:15</a>. (Sir. 23:16f.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>fornicator, whoremonger. <p>From pernemi (to sell; akin to the base of <a href="/greek/4097.htm">piprasko</a>); a (male) prostitute (as venal), i.e. (by analogy) a debauchee (libertine) -- fornicator, whoremonger. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4097.htm">piprasko</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>πορνοι πόρνοι πορνοις πόρνοις πορνος πόρνος πορνους πόρνους pornoi pórnoi pornois pórnois pornos pórnos pornous pórnous<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/5-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 5:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Masculine Plural">N-DMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μὴ συναναμίγνυσθαι <b>πόρνοις</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> not to associate <span class="itali">with immoral people;</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> not to company <span class="itali">with fornicators:</span><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/5-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> not to associate with <span class="itali">the sexually immoral</span><p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/5-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 5:10</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Masculine Plural">N-DMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πάντως τοῖς <b>πόρνοις</b> τοῦ κόσμου</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> I [did] not at all <span class="itali">[mean] with the immoral people</span> of this<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> altogether <span class="itali">with the fornicators</span> of this<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/5-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> altogether with the <span class="itali">sexually immoral</span> the world<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/5-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 5:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὀνομαζόμενος ᾖ <b>πόρνος</b> ἢ πλεονέκτης</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> if <span class="itali">he is an immoral person,</span> or<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> be <span class="itali">a fornicator,</span> or<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/5-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> designated be either <span class="itali">sexually immoral</span> or covetous<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/6-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 6:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural">N-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πλανᾶσθε οὔτε <b>πόρνοι</b> οὔτε εἰδωλολάτραι</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> neither <span class="itali">fornicators,</span> nor<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> neither <span class="itali">fornicators,</span> nor<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/6-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Be misled neither <span class="itali">the sexually immoral</span> nor idolaters<p><b><a href="/text/ephesians/5-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ephesians 5:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὅτι πᾶς <b>πόρνος</b> ἢ ἀκάθαρτος</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ephesians/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that no <span class="itali">immoral</span> or<br><a href="/kjvs/ephesians/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> no <span class="itali">whoremonger,</span> nor<br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/5-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> that any <span class="itali">fornicator</span> or unclean person<p><b><a href="/text/1_timothy/1-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Timothy 1:10</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Masculine Plural">N-DMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3"><b>πόρνοις</b> ἀρσενοκοίταις ἀνδραποδισταῖς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_timothy/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">and immoral men</span> and homosexuals<br><a href="/kjvs/1_timothy/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">For whoremongers,</span> for them that defile themselves with mankind,<br><a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/1-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">the sexually immoral</span> homosexuals men-stealers<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/12-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 12:16</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μή τις <b>πόρνος</b> ἢ βέβηλος</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that [there be] no <span class="itali">immoral</span> or<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> there [be] any <span class="itali">fornicator,</span> or<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> lest [there be] any <span class="itali">fornicator</span> or profane person<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/13-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 13:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural">N-AMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">κοίτη ἀμίαντος <b>πόρνους</b> γὰρ καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [is to be] undefiled; <span class="itali">for fornicators</span> and adulterers<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> but <span class="itali">whoremongers</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/13-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> bed [be] undefiled <span class="itali">the sexually immoral</span> however and<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/21-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 21:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Masculine Plural">N-DMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/21.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">φονεῦσιν καὶ <b>πόρνοις</b> καὶ φαρμακοῖς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and murderers <span class="itali">and immoral persons</span> and sorcerers<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">whoremongers,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/21-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> murderers and <span class="itali">the sexually immoral</span> and sorcerers<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/22-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 22:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural">N-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/22.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ οἱ <b>πόρνοι</b> καὶ οἱ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and the sorcerers <span class="itali">and the immoral persons</span> and the murderers<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">whoremongers,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/22-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the <span class="itali">the sexually immoral</span> and the<p><b><a href="/greek/4205.htm">Strong's Greek 4205</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4205.htm">10 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/pornoi_4205.htm">πόρνοι — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pornois_4205.htm">πόρνοις — 4 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pornos_4205.htm">πόρνος — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pornous_4205.htm">πόρνους — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/4204.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4204"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4204" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/4206.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="4206"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="4206" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>