pornos · sexually immoral person

What it means

pornos (πόρνος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “sexually immoral person”.

Someone who practices sexual immorality.

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. Someone who has sex outside marriage.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Related words

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

Where it appears

• 1 Corinthians×4
• Ephesians×1
• 1 Timothy×1
• Hebrews×2
• Revelation×2

• 1 Corinthians 5:9

  I wrote to you in the letter not to associate with sexually immoral people,

• 1 Corinthians 5:10

  not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would have to go out of the world.

• 1 Corinthians 5:11

  But now I write to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is sexually immoral or greedy or an idolater or a reviler or a drunkard or a swindler; with such a one do not even eat.

• 1 Corinthians 6:9

  Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate men, nor men who lie with males,

• Ephesians 5:5

  For this you know, recognizing that no sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of the Messiah and of God.

• 1 Timothy 1:10

  the sexually immoral, men who lie with males, kidnappers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching,

• Hebrews 12:16

  that no one be sexually immoral or profane like Esau, who in exchange for a single meal sold his own birthright.

• Hebrews 13:4

  Let marriage be honored among all, and the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

• Revelation 21:8

  But as for the cowardly and unbelieving and detestable and murderers and the sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

• Revelation 22:15

  Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral and the murderers and the idolaters and everyone who holds dear and practices falsehood.