Fornication: 4 definitions
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Fornication means something in Christianity. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. On this page you will also find search and cross-referencing tools.
In Christianity
General definition (in Christianity)
: archive.org: Easton's Bible DictionaryFornication definition and references: In every form of it was sternly condemned by the Mosaic law (Leviticus 21:9; 19:29; Deuteronomy 22:20, 21, 23-29; 23:18; Exodus 22:16). (See Adultery.)
But this word is more frequently used in a symbolical than in its ordinary sense. It frequently means a forsaking of God or a following after idols (Isaiah 1:2; Jeremiah 2:20; Ezekiel 16; Hosea 1:2; 2:1-5; Jeremiah 3:8, 9).
: archive.org: Nave's Topical BibleFornication definition and references: 鈥揝别别 Adultery
鈥揝别别 Lasciviousness
Fornication refers to:鈥擨n Scripture this word occurs more frequently in its symbolical than in its ordinary sense.
In the Prophets woman is often made the symbol of the church or nation of the Jews, which is regarded as affianced to Jehovah by the covenant on Mount Sinai. Therefore when the Israelites acted contrary to that covenant, by forsaking God and following idols, they were very properly represented by the symbol of a harlot or adulteress, offering herself to all comers (;; Ezekiel 16;; ). And thus fornication, or adultery (which is fornication in a married state), became, and is used as, the symbol of idolatry itself.
: archive.org: Fausset's Bible DictionaryFornication refers to:鈥擴sed for adultery (Matthew 5:32). Also spiritual unfaithfulness to the Lord, Israel's and the church's husband (Ezekiel 16; Jeremiah 2; Hosea 1; Revelation 17:4).
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text (+21): Aupasthika, Aksharita, Badaammala, Anudhagamana, Potadhyaya, Jarakarma, Aupsthick, Para-strigamana, Par-strigaman, Kukarma, Khanjanarata, Bahirvyasana, Baherakhyala, Kukarm, Bahirdvara, Vankadem Paula, Adultery, Baherakhyali, Brahmacari, Vyabhicara.
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Search found 37 books and stories containing Fornication; (plurals include: Fornications). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers (by Philip Schaff)
Section 18 < [Moral Treatises of St. Augustin]
Chapter I - Discourse of Abbot Theonas on the Apostle's words < [The Works of John Cassian.]
Section 4 < [Moral Treatises of St. Augustin]
Summa Theologica (English translation) (by St. Thomas Aquinas)
Question. 154 - Of the parts of lust (twelve articles) < [Treatise on fortitude and temperance]
Question. 62 - Of the impediment that supervenes to marriage after its consummation, namely fornication (six articles) < [Questions [1 - 68]]
Question. 59 - Of disparity of worship as an impediment to marriage (six articles) < [Questions [1 - 68]]
Ante-nicene Fathers (by Alexander Roberts)
Exhortation to Repentance < [Cyprian]
Chapter VIII < [Pseudo-Clementine Literature.]
Chapter 2 < [Apocrypha of the New Testament.]
The Book of the Cave of Treasures (by E. A. Wallis Budge)
Part 6 - Reign of Ahab鈥檚 sister < [The Fifth Thousand Years鈥擣rom Ehud to Cyrus]
Part 5 - The story of Rehoboam < [The Fifth Thousand Years鈥擣rom Ehud to Cyrus]
Part 1 - The transmission of the art of playing the Harp < [The Second Thousand Years鈥擸ared to the flood]
Saying 34 - The Blind Cannot Lead The Blind
Saying 105 - Acquaintance With The Father And The Mother
The Complete Sayings of Jesus (by Arthur Hinds)