πόρνη pornē
Greek word for “prostitute” · Strong’s G4204 · used 12 times in 12 verses
Meaning
πόρνη, -ης, ἡ; a prostitute, harlot:. Metaphorical (see Swete, Ap., 180 f.), of Babylon (i.e. Rome): 17:15-16 19:2.†;
How it is translated
Glosses given for pornē in context, with how often each is used:
- prostitute 7
- prostitutes 4
- them of a prostitute 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revelation | 5 | 0.5 | |
| Matthew | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Corinthians | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Luke | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Hebrews | 1 | 0.2 | |
| James | 1 | 0.6 |
Chapters where it is used most
Revelation 17 (4), Matthew 21 (2), 1 Corinthians 6 (2), Luke 15 (1), Hebrews 11 (1), James 2 (1), Revelation 19 (1)
Forms
- πόρνη 3
- πόρναι 2
- πορνῶν 2
- πόρνης 2
- πόρνην 2
- πόρνῃ 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with pornē more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- Ῥαάβ Rhaab “Rahab” 2
- τελώνης telōnēs “tax collector” 2
- μέγας megas “great” 3
- ὕδωρ hudōr, hudatos “water” 2
- εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 3
- κάθημαι kathēmai “to sit” 2
- ὁδός hodos “road” 2
- μετά meta “with/after” 3
- σῶμα sōma “body” 2
- δύο duo “two” 2
- σάρξ sarx “flesh” 2
- ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 2
Key verses
The verses using pornē that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Matthew 21:31 — Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the…
- Matthew 21:32 — For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it,…
- Luke 15:30 — But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
- 1 Corinthians 6:15 — Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
- 1 Corinthians 6:16 — What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
- Hebrews 11:31 — By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
- James 2:25 — Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
- Revelation 17:1 — And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the…
- Revelation 17:5 — And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
- Revelation 17:15 — And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
- Revelation 17:16 — And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her…
- Revelation 19:2 — For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of…
See all 12 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.