Acts 15:20
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.”
εἴδωλον
an image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god, or (plural) the worship of such
ἐπιστέλλω
to write
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ἐπιστέλλω
to enjoin (by writing), i.e. (genitive case) to communicate by letter (for any purpose)
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πνικτός
which is strangled
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πνικτός
throttled, i.e. (neuter concretely) an animal choked to death (not bled)
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πορνεία
sexual immorality
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πορνεία
harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry
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