Lexicon
πόρνος
pornos
G4205
G:N-M Greek

sexual sinner

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Pornos identifies a person classed among those condemned or excluded because of sexual immorality.

The term consistently identifies persons characterized by sexual immorality: it occurs in vice lists, warnings about association, and statements that such persons face exclusion or judgment.

Senses in use

  1. Persons characterized by sexual immorality · dominant

    The plural form πόρνοι appears among listed groups in 1 Corinthians 6:9 and Revelation 22:15; in those verses the APB renders the surrounding lists with “sexual sinners” and “the sexually immoral.” The singular πόρνος identifies the kind of person from whom association is withheld in 1 Corinthians 5:11, while the accusative plural πόρνους stands with adulterers in the marriage-and-judgment statement of Hebrews 13:4.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB usually presents the term in these clauses as “the sexually immoral,” while 1 Corinthians 6:9 and 1 Timothy 1:10 use “sexual sinners.” These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than establish separate senses.

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