- Transliteration: Pornos

- Phonetic: por'-nos

- Definition:

1. a man who prostitutes his body to another's lust for hire

2. a male prostitute

3. a man who indulges in unlawful sexual intercourse, a fornicator

- Origin: from pernemi (to sell, akin to the base of G4097" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4097)

- TDNT entry: 15:39,9

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: From πέρνημι pernē mi (to sell; akin to the base of G4097" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4097); a (male) prostitute (as venal) that is (by analogy) a debauchee (libertine): - fornicator whoremonger.