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|txtha=[[πόρνης]], ἡ (from [[περάω]], [[πέρνημι]], to [[sell]]; [[Curtius]], § 358), [[properly]] a [[woman]] [[who]] sells her [[body]] for [[sexual]] uses (cf. [[Xenophon]], mem. 1,6, 13), the Sept. for זונָה;<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[properly]], a [[prostitute]], a [[harlot]], [[one]] [[who]] yields herself to [[defilement]] for the [[sake]] of [[gain]] ([[Aristophanes]], [[Demosthenes]], others); in the N. T. [[universally]], [[any]] [[woman]] indulging in [[unlawful]] [[sexual]] [[intercourse]], [[whether]] for [[gain]] or for [[lust]]: [[πορνεία]], b. and [[πορνεύω]], 3), [[metaphorically]], an idolatress; so of '[[Babylon]]' i. e. [[Rome]], the [[chief]] [[seat]] of idolatry: Revelation 19:2. | |||
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Revision as of 18:01, 28 August 2017
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A harlot, prostitute, Archil.142, Ar.Ach.527, etc. (Prob.from πέρνημι, because Greek prostitutes were commonly bought slaves.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 684] ἡ, Hure, feile Dirne, fem. von πόρνος; Archil. 26; Ar. Ach. 1056 Plut. 243 u. öfter; Ath. oft; ἄνθρωπος, Lys. 4, 9; Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πόρνη: ἡ, ὡς καὶ νῦν, Ἀρχίλ. 131, Ἀριστοφ. Ἀχ. 527, κ. ἀλλ. (Πιθαν. ἐκ τοῦ περνάω, ἐπειδὴ αἱ παρ’ Ἕλλησι πόρναι συνήθως ἦσαν ὤνιαι δοῦλαι).
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης (ἡ) :
femme de mauvaise vie, prostituée.
Étymologie: πέρνημι.
English (Strong)
feminine of πόρνος; a strumpet; figuratively, an idolater: harlot, whore.
English (Thayer)
πόρνης, ἡ (from περάω, πέρνημι, to sell; Curtius, § 358), properly a woman who sells her body for sexual uses (cf. Xenophon, mem. 1,6, 13), the Sept. for זונָה;
1. properly, a prostitute, a harlot, one who yields herself to defilement for the sake of gain (Aristophanes, Demosthenes, others); in the N. T. universally, any woman indulging in unlawful sexual intercourse, whether for gain or for lust: πορνεία, b. and πορνεύω, 3), metaphorically, an idolatress; so of 'Babylon' i. e. Rome, the chief seat of idolatry: Revelation 19:2.
