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G4205 · πόρνος

pórnos

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Strong’s definition

akin to the base of G4097 (πιπράσκω)); a (male) prostitute (as venal), i.e. (by analogy) a debauchee (libertine)

KJV gloss list in the source

fornicator, whoremonger

Derivation recorded by Strong

from (to sell;

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