KJV dictionary & concordance
1. Unlawful sexual relations. 2. By figure, unfaithful or illicit relations.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: 2 Chronicles 21:11
Complete exact-word concordance
Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.
Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours great of flesh, & hast increased thy whooredomes, to prouoke me to anger.
Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
Thou hast moreouer multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan vnto Caldea, and yet thou wast not satisfied heerewith.
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Historical English dictionary sources
[Latin fornicatio.] 1. The incontinence or lewdness of unmarried persons, male or female; also, the criminal conversation of a married man with an unmarried woman. 2. Adultery. Matthew 5:32. 3. Incest. 1 Corinthians 5:1. 4. Idolatry; a forsaking of the true God, and worshipping of idols. 2 Chronicles 21:11, Revelation 19:2.
