πορνεύω
porneúō
“to act the harlot, i.e. (literally) indulge unlawful lust (of either sex), or (figuratively) practise idolatry”
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Definition
Strong’s Definition
to act the harlot, i.e. (literally) indulge unlawful lust (of either sex), or (figuratively) practise idolatry
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to commit fornication, 1 Cor. 6:18; 10:8; Rev. 2:14, 20; from the Hebrew, to commit spiritual fornication, practise idolatry, Rev. 17:2; 18:3, 9*
Translated in KJV as
commit (fornication)
Etymology
from G4204 (πόρνη);
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“Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.”