πορνεία, -ας, ἡ
(< πορνεύω), [in LXX for זְנוּנִים, תַּזְנוּת and cogn. forms;]
fornication: Ac 15:20, 2921:25, I Co 5:16:13, 18, II Co 12:21, Ga 5:19, Eph 5:3, Col 3:5, I Th 4:3 (Lft., Notes, 53), Re 9:21; pl. (v. WM, 220; Bl., § 32, 6), I Co 7:2; disting. from μοιχεία, Mt 15:19, Mk 7:21; = μοιχεία (Am 8:17, Si 23:23, al.), Mt 5:3219:9. Metaph. (of idolatry: De 23:2, Ho 1:2): Jo 8:41 (Westc., in l.), and so perh. (Thayer-Grimm, s.v.; but v. Swete, in ll.), Re 2:2114:1817:2, 418:319:2.†