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Fornication
Topical Encyclopedia
Definition and Etymology:
Fornication, derived from the Latin word "fornicatio," refers to sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to each other. In biblical terms, it is often used to describe illicit sexual behavior that is outside the bounds of marriage, encompassing a range of immoral sexual acts.

Biblical References:
The Bible addresses fornication extensively, emphasizing its moral and spiritual implications. In the New Testament, the Greek word "porneia" is frequently translated as fornication, encompassing various forms of sexual immorality.

1.1 Corinthians 6:18 : "Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body." This verse underscores the unique nature of sexual sin, highlighting its profound impact on the individual.

2.Galatians 5:19-21 : "The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, and envy; drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God." Here, fornication is listed among the "acts of the flesh," indicating its incompatibility with a life led by the Spirit.

3.Ephesians 5:3 : "But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed." This passage calls for a standard of purity among believers, where fornication is not even to be named among them.

4.1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 : "For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God." This instruction emphasizes self-control and sanctification, contrasting the behavior of believers with that of non-believers.

Old Testament Context:
In the Old Testament, fornication is often associated with idolatry and unfaithfulness to God. The prophets frequently used the imagery of fornication to describe Israel's spiritual adultery.

1.Hosea 4:12-13 : "My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray; they are unfaithful to their God. They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, where the shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery." This passage illustrates the connection between physical and spiritual fornication.

2.Jeremiah 3:9 : "Because of the indecency of her unfaithfulness, Israel defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees." Here, the metaphor of fornication is used to describe Israel's idolatrous practices.

Moral and Spiritual Implications:
Fornication is consistently portrayed in Scripture as a sin that defiles both the body and the spirit. It is a violation of God's design for sexual relations, which is intended to be expressed within the covenant of marriage. The Bible calls believers to a life of holiness, urging them to avoid sexual immorality and to honor God with their bodies.

Theological Significance:
Fornication is not merely a physical act but a spiritual transgression that affects one's relationship with God. It is often linked with other sins and is seen as a barrier to inheriting the kingdom of God. The call to flee from fornication is a call to pursue purity and to live in accordance with God's will.

Practical Application:
Believers are encouraged to cultivate self-control and to seek accountability within the community of faith. The church is called to uphold the biblical standard of sexual purity, providing guidance and support for those struggling with sexual sin. Through repentance and the transformative power of the Holy Spirit, individuals can overcome fornication and live in a manner that honors God.
Easton's Bible Dictionary
In every form of it was sternly condemned by the Mosaic law (Leviticus 21:9;19:29;Deuteronomy 22:20, 21, 23-29;23:18;Exodus 22:16). (seeADULTERY.)

But this word is more frequently used in a symbolical than in its ordinary sense. It frequently means a forsaking of God or a following after idols (Isaiah 1:2;Jeremiah 2:20;Ezek. 16;Hosea 1:2;2:1-5;Jeremiah 3:8, 9).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) Unlawful sexual intercourse on the part of an unmarried person; the act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman as does not by law amount to adultery.

2. (n.) Adultery.

3. (n.) Incest.

4. (n.) Idolatry.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
FORNICATION

for-ni-ka'-shun.

SeeCRIMES.

Greek
4202. porneia --fornication
...fornication. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: porneia Phonetic Spelling:
(por-ni'-ah) Short Definition:fornication, idolatry Definition...

1608. ekporneuo -- mid. to give oneself up tofornication
... mid. to give oneself up tofornication. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ekporneuo
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-porn-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I am guilty of...

4203. porneuo -- to commitfornication
... to commitfornication. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: porneuo Phonetic Spelling:
(porn-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I fornicate, practice idolatry Definition...

630. apoluo -- to set free, release
... The Bible never contradicts itself and hence "the divorce passages" in the Gospels
uttered by Jesus (following onfornication) are not contrary to the...

Strong's Hebrew
2181. zanah -- to commitfornication, be a harlot
... zanah. 2182 . to commitfornication, be a harlot. Transliteration: zanah Phonetic
Spelling: (zaw-naw') Short Definition: harlot. Word Origin a prim....

8457. taznuth --fornication
... 8456, 8457. taznuth. 8458 .fornication. Transliteration: taznuth Phonetic
Spelling: (taz-nooth') Short Definition: harlotries....

2183. zenunim --fornication
... 2182, 2183. zenunim. 2184 .fornication. Transliteration: zenunim Phonetic
Spelling: (zaw-noon') Short Definition: harlotry. Word...

2184. zenuth --fornication
... 2183, 2184. zenuth. 2185 .fornication. Transliteration: zenuth Phonetic
Spelling: (zen-ooth') Short Definition: harlotry. Word...

8458. tachbulah -- direction, counsel
... Word Origin from chabal Definition direction, counsel NASB Word Usage counsels
(1), guidance (2), wise counsel (1), wise guidance (2).fornication, whoredom....

Library

WhetherFornication is the Most Grievous of Sins?
... OF THE PARTS OF LUST (TWELVE ARTICLES) Whetherfornication is the most grievous
of sins? Objection 1: It would seem thatfornication...

Whether SimpleFornication is a Mortal Sin?
... OF THE PARTS OF LUST (TWELVE ARTICLES) Whether simplefornication is a mortal sin?
Objection 1: It would seem that simplefornication is not a mortal sin....

Adultery andFornication Synonymous.
... Chapter IV."Adultery andFornication Synonymous. Having defined the
distinction (between the kinds) of repentance, we are by this...

Book vi. On the Spirit ofFornication.
... Prolegomena. Book VI. On the Spirit ofFornication. On the Spirit ofFornication.
We have thought best to omit altogether the translation of this book....

A Monk Convicted ofFornication, or who Takes a Wife for the...
... The Sixth Ecumenical Council. Canon XLIV. A monk convicted offornication,
or who takes a wife for the communion of matrimony?...

Concerning Women who CommitFornication, and Destroy that which...
... Canon XXI. Concerning women who commitfornication, and destroy that which
they have conceived? Concerning women who commitfornication...

That the Sin ofFornication is Grievous.
... Third Book. 63. That the sin offornication is grievous. In the first
Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians: "Every sin whatsoever...

Whether it is Lawful for a Husband to Put Away his Wife on Account...
... OF THE IMPEDIMENT THAT SUPERVENES TO MARRIAGE AFTER ITS CONSUMMATION, NAMELY
FORNICATION (SIX ARTICLES) Whether it is lawful for a husband to put away his wife...

Whether the Husband is Bound by Precept to Put Away his Wife when...
... OF THE IMPEDIMENT THAT SUPERVENES TO MARRIAGE AFTER ITS CONSUMMATION, NAMELY
FORNICATION (SIX ARTICLES) Whether the husband is bound by precept to put away his...

Whether the Husband Can on his Own Judgment Put Away his Wife on...
... OF THE IMPEDIMENT THAT SUPERVENES TO MARRIAGE AFTER ITS CONSUMMATION, NAMELY
FORNICATION (SIX ARTICLES) Whether the husband can on his own judgment put away...

Thesaurus
Fornication (52 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) Idolatry. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.FORNICATION. for-ni-ka'-shun.
See CRIMES. Multi-Version ConcordanceFornication (52 Occurrences)....

Committeth (22 Occurrences)
... Matthew 5:32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving
for the cause offornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever...

Impurity (42 Occurrences)
... in your presence, and may have to mourn over many whose hearts still cling to their
old sins, and who have not repented of the impurity,fornication, and gross...

Lasciviousness (9 Occurrences)
... Paul (2 Corinthians 12:21) classes it with uncleanness andfornication as sins to
be repented of; also (Galatians 5:19; compare The Wisdom of Solomon 14:26...

Practise (52 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 6:18 Fleefornication. Every sin which a man may practise is without
the body, but he that commitsfornication sins against his own body. (DBY)....

Adultery (49 Occurrences)
... Intercourse between a married man and an unmarried woman wasfornication. Adultery
was regarded as a great social wrong, as well as a great sin....

Fornications (14 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 21:13 but hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made
Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commitfornication, like the...

Repented (49 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). Revelation 2:21 And I gave her space
to repent of herfornication; and she repented not. (KJV WBS)....

Lust (42 Occurrences)
... opposed to "spiritual" "heavenly," "the will of man" as opposed to "the will of
God," but also the sensual desire connected with adultery,fornication; verb in...

Crimes (22 Occurrences)
...Fornication. Hebrew, zanah = "to commit adultery," especially of the female,
and less frequently of merefornication, seldom of...

Resources
What does the Bible say about fornication? | GotQuestions.org

What is the difference between fornication and adultery? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about pedophilia/paedophilia? | GotQuestions.org

Fornication: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Fornication (52 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:32
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause offornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
(KJV ASV DBY)

Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
(Root in KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Matthew 19:9
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be forfornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
(KJV ASV DBY)

Mark 7:21
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
(Root in KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

John 8:41
Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born offornication; we have one Father, even God.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Acts 15:20
But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and fromfornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY NAS)

Acts 15:29
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and fromfornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY NAS)

Acts 21:25
As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and fromfornication.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY NAS)

Romans 1:29
Being filled with all unrighteousness,fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
(KJV WBS)

1 Corinthians 5:1
It is reported commonly that there isfornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY)

1 Corinthians 5:11
But what I meant was that you were not to associate with any one bearing the name of "brother," if he was addicted tofornication or avarice or idol-worship or abusive language or hard-drinking or greed of gain. With such a man you ought not even to eat.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 6:13
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not forfornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY)

1 Corinthians 6:18
Fleefornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY)

1 Corinthians 7:2
Nevertheless, to avoidfornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY)

1 Corinthians 10:8
Neither let us commitfornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY)

2 Corinthians 12:21
And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness andfornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY)

Galatians 5:19
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery,fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
(KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Ephesians 5:3
Butfornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
(KJV WEY ASV DBY RSV)

Colossians 3:5
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth;fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
(KJV WEY ASV DBY RSV)

1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain fromfornication:
(KJV WEY ASV DBY)

Hebrews 12:16
lest 'there be' anyfornication, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.
(ASV)

Jude 1:7
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over tofornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY)

Revelation 2:14
But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commitfornication.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY)

Revelation 2:20
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commitfornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY)

Revelation 2:21
And I gave her space to repent of herfornication; and she repented not.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY)

Revelation 9:21
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of theirfornication, nor of their thefts.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY)

Revelation 14:8
And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of herfornication.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY)

Revelation 17:2
With whom the kings of the earth have committedfornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY RSV)

Revelation 17:4
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of herfornication:
(KJV WEY ASV DBY RSV)

Revelation 18:9
And the kings of the earth, who have committedfornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
(KJV WEY ASV DBY RSV)

Revelation 19:2
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with herfornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY RSV)

Genesis 38:24
And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law has committedfornication, and behold, she is also with child by fornication. And Judah said, Bring her forth, that she may be burned.
(DBY YLT)

Numbers 25:1
And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to commitfornication with the daughters of Moab.
(DBY)

2 Chronicles 21:11
Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commitfornication, and compelled Judah thereto.
(KJV DBY WBS)

2 Chronicles 21:13
but hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commitfornication, like the fornications of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren, thy father's house who were better than thyself:
(DBY)

Isaiah 23:17
And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commitfornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 3:1
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? Would not that land be utterly polluted? But thou hast committedfornication with many lovers; yet return to me, saith Jehovah.
(DBY)

Jeremiah 3:6
And Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what backsliding Israel hath done? She hath gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath committedfornication.
(DBY YLT)

Jeremiah 3:8
And I saw that when for all the causes wherein backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce, yet the treacherous Judah, her sister, feared not, but went and committedfornication also.
(DBY YLT)

Jeremiah 3:9
And it came to pass through the lightness of herfornication that she polluted the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
(DBY YLT)

Jeremiah 13:27
Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thyfornication, on the hills, in the fields, thine abominations, have I seen. Woe unto thee, Jerusalem! Wilt thou not be made clean? after how long a time yet?
(DBY)

Ezekiel 16:17
And thou didst take thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of males, and didst commitfornication with them.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 16:26
Thou hast also committedfornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Ezekiel 16:28
And thou didst commitfornication with the Assyrians, because thou wast insatiable; yea, thou didst commit fornication with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 16:29
Thou hast moreover multiplied thyfornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied therewith.
(KJV WBS)

Ezekiel 16:34
And in thee is the contrary from other women, in thy whoredoms, in that none followeth thee to commitfornication; and whereas thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, so art thou contrary.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 20:30
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Do ye defile yourselves after the manner of your fathers? and do ye commitfornication after their abominations?
(DBY)

Ezekiel 23:8
Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt; for in her youth they had lain with her, and had handled the breasts of her virginity, and poured theirfornication upon her.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 23:17
And the children of Babylon came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with theirfornication; she too defiled herself with them, and her soul was alienated from them.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 43:7
And he said unto me, Son of man, this is the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever; and the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, they nor their kings, with theirfornication, and with the carcases of their kings in their high places,
(DBY)

Ezekiel 43:9
Now let them put away theirfornication, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
(DBY)

Hosea 4:11
Fornication, and wine, and new wine take away the heart.
(DBY)

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