Pilgrim,

You are right. I’m sorry; in my haste to respond I failed to explicitly state that I would use the word fornication as an analogue for Thayer’s and Smith’s definition of porneia. (I know that means I’m defining fornication in terms of fornication. Forgive me, please.)

I freely admit that fornication is not an ideal translation for porneia. I simply know of no better translation.

I’m familiar with Hendriksen’s footnote on porneia. In fact, I reread it as I was writing my previous response to you. :-) One reason I didn’t refer to it in my response is because I dislike Hendriksen’s translation of porneia into “infidelity.”

Thank you for recommending A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and other Early Christian Literature, by Arndt, Bauer and Gingrich. I don’t have a copy but I will probably get one when finances allow.

Peace,
Al