pornē · prostitute

What it means

pornē (πόρνη) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “prostitute”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A woman who gives her body for money.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• prostitute ×8
• prostitutes ×4

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Luke×1
• 1 Corinthians×2
• Hebrews×1
• James×1
• Revelation×5

• Matthew 21:31

  Which of the two did the will of his father?” They say, “The first.” Jesus says to them, “Truly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going ahead of you into the kingdom of God.

• Matthew 21:32

  For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him; and you, even when you saw it, did not even regret it afterward so as to believe him.

• Luke 15:30

  but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you slaughtered for him the fattened calf!’

• 1 Corinthians 6:15

  Do you not know that your bodies are members of the Messiah? Shall I then take the members of the Messiah and make them members of a prostitute? By no means!

• 1 Corinthians 6:16

  Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For, it says, The two will become one flesh.

• Hebrews 11:31

  By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish along with those who disobeyed, because she had welcomed the spies in peace.

• James 2:25

  And in the same way was not Rahab the prostitute also declared righteous by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?

• Revelation 17:1

  And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters,

• Revelation 17:5

  and on her forehead a name written, a mystery: “Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth.”

• Revelation 17:15

  And he says to me, “The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and crowds and nations and languages.

• Revelation 17:16

  And the ten horns that you saw, and the beast, these will hate the prostitute and will make her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her up with fire.

• Revelation 19:2

  because true and righteous are his judgments; because he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his slaves at her hand.”