πόρνη, πόρνης, ἡ (from περάω, πέρνημι, to sell; Curtius, § 358), properly a woman who sells her body for sexual uses (cf. Xenophon, mem. 1, 6, 13), the Sept. for ζεπΘδ; 1. properly, a prostitute, a harlot, one who yields herself to defilement for the sake of gain (Aristophanes, Demosthenes, others); in the N. T. universally, any woman indulging in unlawful sexual intercourse, whether for gain or for lust: Mat_21:31; Luk_15:30; 1Co_6:15; Heb_11:31; Jas_2:25. 2. Hebraistically (see πορνεία, b. and πορνεύω, 3), metaphorically, an idolatress; so of 'Babylon' i. e. Rome, the chief seat of idolatry: Rev_17:1; Rev_17:5; Rev_17:15; Rev_19:2.

πόρνη pornē 12x a prostitute, a whore, harlot, an unchaste female, Mat_21:31-32 ; from the Hebrew, an idolatress, Rev_17:1 ; Rev_17:5 ; Rev_17:15 harlot; prostitute.

πόρνη , -ης , ἡ , [in LXX chiefly for H2181 ;] a prostitute, harlot: Mat_21:31-32 , Luk_15:30 , 1Co_6:15-16 Heb_11:31 , Jas_2:25 . Metaph . ( v. Swete , Ap., 180 f .), of Babylon ( i.e . Rome): Rev_17:1 ; Rev_17:5 ; Rev_17:15-16 ; Rev_19:2 .†

πόρνη [page 529] prostitute. In PSI IV. 352 .4 (B.C. 254-3) Artemidorus writes to Zeno ἐν οἴνωι γάρ εἰσιν καὶ ἐμ πόρναις διὰ παντός , and in BGU IV. 1024 vi. 4 (end iv/A.D.) a certain Diodemus is described as ἐρασθέντα πόρνης δημοσίας . . . συνεχῶς δὲ ἠσθ <έν >ει (see Archiv iii. p. 303) ὁ Διόδημος πρὸς τῆς πόρνη [ς ] κατὰ τὰς [ἑ ]σπερίνας ὥρας . ὁ οὖν Διόδημος ἐφόνευσεν τὴν πόρνην and in consequence was taken to prison. In P Oxy III. 528 .18 (ii/A.D.) a man quotes his sister (and wife) as saying, ὁ Κόλυβος δὲ πόρνην με πεπύ (= οί )ηκεν , Colubus has made me a prostitute.

πόρνη πόρνη, ἡ, [Etym: πέρνημι] "a harlot, prostitute", Ar.

πόρνη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for זָנָה ;] a prostitute, harlot: Mat.21:31-32, Luk.15:30, 1Co.6:15-16 Heb.11:31, Jas.2:25. Metaphorical (see Swete, Ap., 180 f.), of Babylon (i.e. Rome): Rev.17:1, 5 17:15-16 19:2.† (AS)