FORNICATION – GREEK: PERNEMI
The root of porneia
(porn… = πορν… ; pernemi = πέρνημι)
Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, Friedrich, 1968, Vol. 6, p. 580:
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http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Religious_prostitution, Religious prostitution:
The Greek word for prostitute is porne, derived from the verb pernemi (to sell), with the evident modern evolution.
Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, W. E. Vine (1873-1949), Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1996, p. 291 (New Testament Words), “HARLOT”:

The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 1996, p. 1264, “prostitution, secular”:
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The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization, 1998, p. 577, “prostitution, secular”:

New American Standard Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible: Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries, 1998, p. 1559:

A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect, Cunliffe, 1963, pp. 326-327, “πέρνημι”:

Langenscheidt’s Pocket Greek Dictionary: Classical Greek-English, Feyerabend, no date, p. 305, “πέρνημι”:
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Pocket Oxford Classical Greek Dictionary, 2002, p. 257, “πέρνημι”:
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A Greek and English Lexicon, Wright, 1861, p. 356:

Greek-English Lexicon: Abridged Edition, Liddell & Scott, Oxford, 1871, impression of 1994, p. 555, “πέρνημι”:

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, Liddell & Scott, Oxford, 1997 (first edition 1889), p. 635, “πέρνημι”:

A Greek-English Lexicon with a Revised Supplement (unabridged), Liddell & Scott, Oxford, 1996 (first edition 1843), pp. 1394-1395, “πέρνημι”:

A Greek-English Lexicon (unabridged), Liddell & Scott, Oxford, 1871, pp. 1259-1260, “πέρνημι”:

P. 1271, “πιπράσκω” (transliterated: piprasko):

The New Strong’s Complete Dictionary of Bible Words, James Strong 1822-1894, Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1996, “Greek Dictionary of the New Testament” p. 685, “4202 | 4203 | 4204 | 4205”:

P. 682, “4097”:

A Homeric Dictionary, Autenrieth, 1958, p. 230, “πέρνημι”:

P. 227, “2. “περάω”:

Monolingual Ancient Greek dictionary:
http://www.magenta.gr/en/en_demos.htm, Ancient-Modern & Modern-Ancient Greek dictionary, (free 15-minute demo download [anc_setup_en.exe 2-16-04]), “περνημι” (key-in “pernhmi):

http://babelfish.altavista.com/ (phrase translations), Greek-English, (the above text via copy-paste):

Complete Handbook of Greek Verbs, Marinone / Guala, 1961, pp. 281-282, “περν…”:

http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/HomesiteRoom/3213, The Roman World, “Roman Slave Market”:
