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πορνεύω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
πορνεύω
Greek transliteration: 
porneuō
Simplified transliteration: 
porneuo
Principal Parts: 
πορνεύσω, ἐπόρνευσα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4203
GK Number: 
4519
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
8
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1a(6)
Gloss: 
to commit sexual immorality of any kind, adultery
Definition: 
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*

Greek-English Concordance for πορνεύω

1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee sexual immorality! Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually (porneuōn | πορνεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) immoral person sins against his own body.
1 Corinthians 10:8 We (porneuōmen | πορνεύωμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) must (porneuōmen | πορνεύωμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) not indulge in sexual immorality (porneuōmen | πορνεύωμεν | pres act subj 1 pl), as some of them did (eporneusan | ἐπόρνευσαν | aor act ind 3 pl), and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day.
Revelation 2:14 But I have several things against you, because you have among you those who follow the teaching of Balaam, the one who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality (porneusai | πορνεῦσαι | aor act inf ).
Revelation 2:20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality (porneusai | πορνεῦσαι | aor act inf ) and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
Revelation 17:2 The kings of the earth committed (eporneusan | ἐπόρνευσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) acts (eporneusan | ἐπόρνευσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) of (eporneusan | ἐπόρνευσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) immorality (eporneusan | ἐπόρνευσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) with her, and those who dwell upon the earth became intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”
Revelation 18:3 For all the nations have drunk the wine of her passionate immorality, and the kings of the earth have (eporneusan | ἐπόρνευσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) committed (eporneusan | ἐπόρνευσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) acts (eporneusan | ἐπόρνευσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) of (eporneusan | ἐπόρνευσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) immorality (eporneusan | ἐπόρνευσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her excessive luxury.”
Revelation 18:9 Then the kings of the earth, those who (porneusantes | πορνεύσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) committed (porneusantes | πορνεύσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) acts (porneusantes | πορνεύσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) of (porneusantes | πορνεύσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) immorality (porneusantes | πορνεύσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) with her and shared her luxury, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning.