πορνεία: Difference between revisions

|txtha=πορνείας, ἡ ([[πορνεύω]]), the Sept. for תַּזְנוּת, זְנוּת, זְנוּנִים, [[fornication]] (Vulg. fornicatio (and (prostitutio)); used a. [[properly]], of [[illicit]] [[sexual]] [[intercourse]] in [[general]] ([[Demosthenes]], 403,27; 433,25): [[μοιχεία]] in used of [[adultery]] (cf. [[πορνεία]] is used [[metaphorically]] of the [[worship]] of idols: [[ἡμεῖς]] ἐκ πορνείας οὐ γεγεννήμεθα (we are [[not]] of a [[people]] given to idolatry), ἕνα πατέρα ἔχομεν [[τόν]] Θεόν, [[ἄθεος]] [[μέν]] ὁ [[ἄγονος]], [[πολύθεος]] δέ ὁ ἐκ [[πόρνης]], τυφλωττων [[περί]] [[τόν]] ἀληθῆ πατέρα καί [[διά]] [[τοῦτο]] πολλούς ἀνθ' [[ἑνός]] γονεῖς αἰνιττόμενος, [[Philo]] de mig. Abr. § 12; τέκνα πορνείας, of idolaters, John , the [[passage]] cited others [[understand]] [[physical]] [[descent]] to be [[spoken]] of (cf. Meyer))); of the [[defilement]] of idolatry, as incurred by [[eating]] the sacrifices offered to idols, Revelation 2:21.