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|strgr=[[feminine]] of [[πόρνος]]; a [[strumpet]]; [[figuratively]], an idolater: [[harlot]], [[whore]]. | |strgr=[[feminine]] of [[πόρνος]]; a [[strumpet]]; [[figuratively]], an idolater: [[harlot]], [[whore]]. | ||
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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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