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G733 ἀρσενοκοίτης (arsenokoítēs)
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Quick Definition

ἀρσενοκοίτης, ου, ὁ n.m. a male engaging in same-gender sexual activity

Strong's Definition

from 730 and 2845; a sodomite

KJV Usage: abuser of (that defile) self with mankind

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, m. | -ου | ἄρσην + κοίτη | κεῖμαι

88.280 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Sexual Misbehavior

homosexual a male partner in homosexual intercourse It is possible that ἀρσενοκοίτης in certain contexts refers to the active male partner in homosexual intercourse in contrast with μαλακός[b], the passive male partner (88.281).

1CO 6:9 · 1TI 1:10

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀρσενοκοίτης, -ov, 6, (ἄρσην a male; κοίτη a bed), one who lies with a male as with a female, a sudomite: 1 Co. vi. 9; 1 Tim. i. 10. (Anthol. 9, 686, 5; eccl. writ.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀρσενοκοίτης arsenokoitēs 2x

a male engaging in same-gender sexual activity, a sodomite, pedarest, 1 Cor. 6:9; 1 Tim. 1:10*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† ἀρσενοκοίτης, -ου, ὁ

(< ἄρσην, κοιτή),

a sodomite: I Co 6:9, I Ti 1:10.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀρσενοκοίτης. According to Nageli (p. 46) this word is first found among the poets of the Imperial period, e. g. Epigr. adesp. Az¢hol. Pal. 1X. 686°. Cf. for the verb Or. Szé. ii. 73 μὴ ἀρσενοκοιτεῖν, μὴ συκοφαντεῖν, μήτε φονεύειν.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀρσενοκοίτης (arsenokoitēs) — sodomite. ἀρρενο-κοίτης, ου, ὁ, sodomite, [Refs]; (ἀρσενοκοίτης) [NT]

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