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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77984" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77984" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: '''''Πόρνη''''' ''' (Strong'S #4204 | <div> '''1: '''''Πόρνη''''' ''' (Strong'S #4204 — Noun [[Feminine]] — porne — por'-nay ) </div> <p> "a prostitute, harlot" (from pernemi, "to sell"), is used (a) literally, in Matthew 21:31,32 , of those who were the objects of the mercy shown by Christ; in Luke 15:30 , of the life of the Prodigal; in 1—Corinthians 6:15,16 , in a warning to the [[Corinthian]] church against the prevailing licentiousness which had made [[Corinth]] a byword; in Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25 , of Rahab; (b) metaphorically, of mystic Babylon, Revelation 17:1,5 (AV, "harlots"),15,16; 19:2, RV, for AV, "whore." </p> | ||
== Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_197900" /> == | == Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_197900" /> == | ||
