Acts 15:29:8Acts.15.29.W8TAB
πορνείας
porneias
“from sexual immorality”
- Transliteration
- por-NEI-as
- Extended
- por-NEI-ahs
- IPA
- /porˈnei.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- from sexual immorality
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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 |
Tap any key to hear its pronunciation
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
por-NEI-as
- sentence
a-PE-khe-sthai ei-dō-lo-THY-tōn KAI HAI-ma-tos KAI pni-KTŌN KAI por-NEI-as eks HŌN di-a-tē-ROUN-tes he-au-TOUS EU PRAK-se-te ER-rhōs-the
Exegesis
The coordinated genitives eidolothytōn {εἰδωλοθύτων | ei-dō-lo-thý-tōn} ‘things sacrificed to idols’, haimatos {αἵματος | haí-ma-tos} ‘blood’, pniktōn {πνικτῶν | pni-ktôn} ‘things strangled’, and porneias {πορνείας | por-neí-as} ‘sexual immorality’ are linked by repeated kai {καὶ | kaí} ‘and’, forming a catalog of binding requirements for Gentile believers.
Root and etymology
pornēpór-nē
“prostitute,”
In context — Acts 15:29
Abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality ; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well . Farewell.
About this coordinate
Acts 15:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 15:29, 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.15.29.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.29.W8.S1) and character.