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πόρνος G4205
G4205 is the Greek word πόρνος, transliterated pórnos. The King James Version most often renders it whoremongers.
What it means
akin to the base of G4097 (πιπράσκω)); a (male) prostitute (as venal), i.e. (by analogy) a debauchee (libertine).
Where it comes from
from (to sell.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 10 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: fornicator, whoremonger.
Verses using πόρνος
All 10 verses, quoted in full.
1 Corinthians 5:9 · KJV
I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
1 Corinthians 5:10 · KJV
Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
1 Corinthians 5:11 · KJV
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
1 Corinthians 6:9 · KJV
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Ephesians 5:5 · KJV
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
1 Timothy 1:10 · KJV
For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
Hebrews 12:16 · KJV
Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
Hebrews 13:4 · KJV
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Revelation 21:8 · KJV
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Revelation 22:15 · KJV
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Common questions
What does Strong's G4205 mean?
G4205 is the Greek word πόρνος (pórnos), meaning akin to the base of G4097 (πιπράσκω)); a (male) prostitute (as venal), i.e. (by analogy) a debauchee (libertine).
How is G4205 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it whoremongers (4 times), fornicators (3 times), fornicator (2 times), whoremonger (1 time).
How many times does G4205 appear in the Bible?
πόρνος (pórnos) is tagged in 10 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G4205 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from (to sell.
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