The meaning of “πορνεία”
Understanding porneía reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
fornication. - harlotry (including adultery and incest) - figuratively, idolatry
πορνεία
fornication. - harlotry (including adultery and incest) - figuratively, idolatry
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew 15:19 | “For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:” Word: πορνεία (porneía) | |
| John 8:41 | “Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.” Word: πορνεία (porneía) | |
| Romans 1:29 | “Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,” Word: πορνεία (porneía) | |
| 2 Corinthians 12:21 | “And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed. ” Word: πορνεία (porneía) | |
| Ephesians 5:3 | “But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;” Word: πορνεία (porneía) |