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Koine Greek wordlink #163681

SR GNT Rev 17:5 πορνῶν (pornōn) ‘the mother of the prostitutes and of the abominations’ Strongs=42040 Lemma=pornē
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=feminine number=plural
Year=96 AD

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Other uses (1) of identical word form πορνῶν (N-GFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘πορνῶν’ (N-GFP) is always and only glossed as ‘prostitutes’.

Luke 15:30 ‘the living with prostitutes he came you sacrificed for him’ SR GNT Luke 15:30 word 19

OET-LV: 30 But when the this son of _you, he _came which having _devoured the living of _you with prostitutes, you _sacrificed the grain _fed calf for _him. (LUK_15:30)

OET-RV: 30 Yet when this son of yours comes home after using up your money living with prostitutes, then you slaughter the fattened calf for him!’ (LUK 15:30)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘pornē’ have 3 different glosses: ‘of a prostitute’, ‘prostitute’, ‘prostitutes’.

Greek words (2) other than πορνῶν (N-GFP) with a gloss related to ‘prostitutes’

MAT 21:31 πόρναι (pornai) N-NFP ‘tax_collectors and the prostitutes are going_before you_all into’ SR GNT Mat 21:31 word 29

OET-LV: 31 Which of the two did the will of _the father? They _are _saying: The first. The Yaʸsous is _saying to _them: Truly, I _am _saying to _you _all that the tax _collectors and the prostitutes are _going _before you _all into the kingdom of_ the _god. (MAT_21:31)

OET-RV: 31 Which of the two did what the father wanted?”
¶ “The first one,” the hearers answered.
¶ “I can assure you all,” Yeshua continued, “that tax collectors and prostitutes will enter God’s kingdom ahead of you lot, (MAT 21:31)

MAT 21:32 πόρναι (pornai) N-NFP ‘tax_collectors and the prostitutes believed in him you_all’ SR GNT Mat 21:32 word 19

OET-LV: 32 For/Because Yōannaʸs came to you _all in the_way of _righteousness, and you _all_ not _believed in _him, but the tax _collectors and the prostitutes believed in _him, and you _all having _seen, you _all _were_ not _regretful later which to _believe in _him. (MAT_21:32)

OET-RV: 32 because Yohan came to you all teaching the road to becoming right with God, but you didn’t believe that he was sent by God. Yet the tax collectors and prostitutes believed in him, and still, even when you saw that, you didn’t later regret and change your minds and believe. (MAT 21:32)

Key: N=noun GFP=genitive,feminine,plural NFP=nominative,feminine,plural