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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

πορνεύω

Lemmaπορνεύω
Citation formπορνεύω
Part of speechverb
GlossI fornicate, practice idolatry
Strong’sG4203
Transliterationporneúō
Definitionto act the harlot, i.e. (literally) indulge unlawful lust (of either sex), or (figuratively) practise idolatry
KJV glosses:--commit (fornication).
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences7

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
ἐπόρνευσαν
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3AAI-P--)1 Corinthians 10:8
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3AAI-P--)Revelation 17:2
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3AAI-P--)Revelation 18:3
πορνεῦσαι
verb, aorist, active, infinitive (MorphGNT -AAN----)Revelation 2:14
verb, aorist, active, infinitive (MorphGNT -AAN----)Revelation 2:20
πορνεύσαντες
verb, aorist, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -AAPNPM-)Revelation 18:9
πορνεύωμεν
verb, first person, present, active, subjunctive, plural (MorphGNT 1PAS-P--)1 Corinthians 10:8
πορνεύων
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPNSM-)1 Corinthians 6:18

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

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