What does πορνεία · ἀκαθαρσία · ἀσέλγεια mean in the Bible?
πορνεία · ἀκαθαρσία · ἀσέλγεια is a Greek phrase meaning "sexual immorality, moral uncleanness, sensual excess or shameless indulgence".
Greek · G4202, G167, G766
πορνεία, ἀκαθαρσία, ἀσέλγεια
Harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry · impurity (the quality), physically or morally · licentiousness (sometimes including other vices)
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πορνεία G4202 harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry
Pronunciation porneía
Sexual immorality of any kind; distinct from μοιχεία (adultery) by broader scope including premarital relations.
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ἀκαθαρσία G167 impurity (the quality), physically or morally
Pronunciation akatharsía
Moral corruption and sexual vice in Paul's ethics, not merely ritual defilement
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ἀσέλγεια G766 licentiousness (sometimes including other vices)
Pronunciation asélgeia
Wanton excess in sexual conduct and shameless disregard for moral restraint or decency.
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What does πορνεία, ἀκαθαρσία, ἀσέλγεια (porneia, akatharsia, aselgeia) mean in the Bible?
πορνεία · ἀκαθαρσία · ἀσέλγεια is a Greek phrase meaning "sexual immorality, moral uncleanness, sensual excess or shameless indulgence".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4202, G167, G766?
G4202, G167, G766 is connected to 25 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. sexual immorality, moral uncleanness, sensual excess or shameless indulgence
Source Gloss
sexual immorality, moral uncleanness, sensual excess or shameless indulgence
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 6 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 6 Aligned forms 25 Case pattern Genitive (11) Number pattern Singular (22)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 5:1 · Gal 5:19 · Eph 5:3 4×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 15:19 · Mark 7:21 2×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 5:32 · John 8:41 · Acts 15:20 · Acts 15:29 · 1 Thess 4:3 · Rev 2:21 · Rev 9:21 · Rev 14:8 · Rev 17:2 · Rev 17:4 · Rev 18:3 11×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 19:9 · 1 Cor 6:13 · 2 Cor 12:21 · Rev 19:2 4×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 21:25 · 1 Cor 6:18 · Col 3:5 3×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine 1 Cor 7:2 1×
Word Origins
πορνεία, ἀκαθαρσία, ἀσέλγεια is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain