The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

πόρνος

Lemmaπόρνος
Citation formπόρνος, ου, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa fornicator
Strong’sG4205
Transliterationpórnos
Definitiona (male) prostitute (as venal), i.e. (by analogy) a debauchee (libertine)
KJV glosses:--fornicator, whoremonger.
Derivationfrom (to sell; akin to the base of )
SBLGNT occurrences10

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
πόρνοι
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — 1 Corinthians 6:9
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Revelation 22:15
πόρνοις
noun, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----DPM-) — 1 Corinthians 5:10
noun, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----DPM-) — 1 Corinthians 5:9
noun, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----DPM-) — 1 Timothy 1:10
noun, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----DPM-) — Revelation 21:8
πόρνος
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — 1 Corinthians 5:11
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Ephesians 5:5
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Hebrews 12:16
πόρνους
noun, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-) — Hebrews 13:4

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: πορνος.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for πόρνος with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.