Porneuo denotes committing sexual sin, whether prohibited, taught as wrongdoing, or attributed to people acting with another figure.

The attested verses consistently portray committing sexual sin: it is prohibited and fled in personal conduct, named as conduct taught or encouraged, and attributed to kings acting with a woman.

1. Committing prohibited sexual wrongdoing · dominant

   In 1 Corinthians 10:8, the present active subjunctive occurs in a prohibition, followed by the statement that some committed the act and fell. In 1 Corinthians 6:18, the present active participle identifies the person who commits it in the contrast with sins outside the body; Revelation 2:14 and Revelation 2:20 place the aorist infinitive in teaching that leads people toward this conduct, while Revelation 17:2 and Revelation 18:9 describe kings who acted with her.

   1 Corinthians 10:81 Corinthians 6:18Revelation 2:14Revelation 2:20Revelation 17:2Revelation 18:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the conduct with phrases such as “commit sexual sin,” “sins sexually,” and “commit sexual immorality.” These are renderings within whole-verse translations rather than definitions.