Words the Bible translates as sexual immorality
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- koitēκοίτηa bed or sleeping place: the mat, platform, or piece of furniture a person lies down on.
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- sexual intercourse, named indirectly through the image of the bed: the marriage act, illicit sex, or the pregnancy it produces.
- porneiaπορνείαsexual wrongdoing: sexual activity outside the bounds the Old Testament law sets for marriage
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- spiritual unfaithfulness: turning from God to idols, pictured as a wife's adultery or a prostitute's trade
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