Acts 15:20:12Acts.15.20.W12TAB
πορνείας
porneias
“sexual immorality”
- Transliteration
- por-NEI-as
- Extended
- pohr-NEE-ahs
- IPA
- /porˈniː.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- sexual immorality
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
por-NEI-as
- sentence
al-LA e-pi-STEI-lai au-TOIS tou a-PE-khe-sthai tôn a-lis-gê-MA-tōn tôn ei-DŌ-lōn KAI tês por-NEI-as KAI tou pni-KTOU KAI tou HAI-ma-tos
Exegesis
The first genitive, tōn alisgēmatōn tōn eidólōn {τῶν ἀλισγημάτων τῶν εἰδώλων | tōn alisgēmátōn tōn eidólōn}, denotes “the pollutions of idols” (genitive of relationship), while the subsequent genitives—tēs porneías {τῆς πορνείας | tês porneías}, tou pniktoû {τοῦ πνικτοῦ | toû pniktoû}, and tou haímatos {τοῦ αἵματος | toû haímatos}—specify objects of abstention. The repeated coordination creates a balanced tetrad, emphasising the equal binding force of each prohibition. In English, the articular infinitive is rendered with “to abstain from,” and each genitive appears as “from …” to capture the sense of separation implied by apekhesthai.
Root and etymology
pornēpi–omicron–rho–nu–ēta
“prostitute, harlot”
In context — Acts 15:20
Instead, we should write to them to abstain from the pollutions of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood .
About this coordinate
Acts 15:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 15:20, so the Greek word πορνείας (porneias) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.15.20.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.20.W12.S1) and character.