Acts 21:25:19Acts.21.25.W19TAB
πορνείαν
porneian
“sexual immorality”
- Transliteration
- por-NEI-an
- Extended
- por-NAY-ahn
- IPA
- /porˈnei.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
por-NEI-an
- sentence
pe-RI de tôn pe-pi-steu-KO-ton eth-NÔN hê-MEIS a-pe-STEI-la-men KRI-nan-tes phy-LAS-ses-thai au-TOUS to te ei-dô-LO-thy-ton kai HAI-ma kai pni-KTON kai por-NEI-an
Exegesis
The coordinated list eidōlóthyton kaí haîma kaí pniktón kaí porneían {εἰδωλόθυτον καὶ αἷμα καὶ πνικτὸν καὶ πορνείαν | eidōlóthyton kaí haîma kaí pniktón kaí porneían} employs polysyndeton, giving weight to each prohibition. In English, the structures are rendered to preserve topical shift (“concerning”), the participial nuance (“having decided”), and the reflexive infinitive sense (“keep themselves”), while the neuter plural sense is maintained through indefinite collective terms.
Root and etymology
porn-pi–omicron–rho–nu
“sexual immorality”
In context — Acts 21:25
But concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we sent word, having decided, that they should keep themselves from what is sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality .
About this coordinate
Acts 21:25:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Acts 21:25, so the Greek word πορνείαν (porneian) 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.21.25.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.25.W19.S1) and character.