Biblica Analytica

πόρνος

pornos (G4205)

sexual sinner

10 verses 5 books OT 0 / NT 10
AI Word Study

The Greek word πόρνος (pornos, Strong's number: G4205) is defined as "sexual sinner." It appears 10 times in the Bible. Analysis of this word reveals a focus on immorality and sin related to one's sex life. The significance of πόρνος lies in its association with the vice of lust and the consequences that follow such behavior. The range of usage for πόρνος indicates that it can refer to one person's behavior as well as to a lifestyle characterized by sinful actions. This distinction highlights the broad impact of such actions on individuals and communities. The repetition of the word in various contexts also underscores its importance in biblical teachings. The emphasis on the connection between one's sex life and their spiritual state underscores an essential aspect of living in accordance with spiritual principles. A lifestyle governed by sexual sin, or πόρνος, poses significant risks to an individual's spiritual well-being.

AI synthesis uses only provided lexicon data -- never training knowledge.

1 Corinthians 5:9

I wrote to you in my letter to have no company with sexual sinners;

1 Corinthians 5:10

yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world, or with the covetous and extortionists, or with idolaters; for then you would have to leave the world.

1 Corinthians 5:11

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.

1 Corinthians 6:9

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

Ephesians 5:5

Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

1 Timothy 1:10

for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine,

Hebrews 12:16

lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Revelation 21:8

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15

Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.