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porneia G4202

πορνεία (porneia) means “sexual sin” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

πορνεία Greek · G4202 25 tagged occurrences in 24 verses

Pronunciation guide: por-ni'-ah Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G4202

πορνεία · porneia · sexual sin

πορνεία, -ας, ἡ (πορνεύω), [in LXX for תַּזְנוּת and cogn. forms ;] fornication: Act.15:20, 29 21:25, 1Co.5:1 6:13 6:18, 2Co.12:21, Gal.5:19, Eph.5:3, Col.3:5, 1Th.4:3 (Lft., Notes, 53), Rev.9:21; pl. (see WM, 220; Bl., § 32, 6), 1Co.7:2; disting. from μοιχεία, Mat.15:19, Mrk.7:21; = μοιχεία (Amos 8:17 Sir.23:23, al.), Mat.5:32 19:9. Metaphorical (of idolatry: Deu.23:2, Hos.1:2): Jhn.8:41 (Westc., in l), and so perh. (Thayer-Grimm, see word; but see Swete, in 11.), Rev.2:21 14:18 17:2, 4 18:3 19:2.† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

fornication, whoredom; met: idolatry.

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How translators render G4202

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
sexual immorality 15
immorality 5
for sexual immorality 1
from sexual immorality 1
of a kind 1
of sexual immorality 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
fornication 19
fornications 2
from fornication 2
for fornication 1
of fornication 1

Verses containing G4202

Page 1 of 1. 24 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 5:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

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  2. Matthew 15:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

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  3. Matthew 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”

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  4. Mark 7:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

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  5. John 8:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”

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  6. Acts 15:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.

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  7. Acts 15:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.

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  8. Acts 21:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”

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  9. 1 Corinthians 5:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.

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  10. 1 Corinthians 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

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  11. 1 Corinthians 6:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

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  12. 1 Corinthians 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

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  13. 2 Corinthians 12:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.

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  14. Galatians 5:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

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  15. Ephesians 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

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  16. Colossians 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

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  17. 1 Thessalonians 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;

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  18. Revelation 2:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.

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  19. Revelation 9:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.

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  20. Revelation 14:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”

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  21. Revelation 17:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”

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  22. Revelation 17:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.

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  23. Revelation 18:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”

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  24. Revelation 19:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”

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