Definition

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

Etymology

from (to sell;

Where the KJV renders it

• fornicator
• whoremonger

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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