Strong's Number 4202
Transliteration:
porneia
{por-ni'-ah}
Word Origin:
TDNT:
6:579,918
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Usage in the KJV:
fornication 26
Total: 26
Definition:
- illicit sexual intercourse
- adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse with animals etc.
- sexual intercourse with close relatives; Lev. 18
- sexual intercourse with a divorced man or woman; Mk. 10:11,12
- metaph. the worship of idols
- of the defilement of idolatry, as incurred by eating the sacrifices offered to idols