1 Corinthians 10:8
Strong's Lexicon
We should not commit sexual immorality,
πορνεύωμεν (porneuōmen)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4203: To fornicate; met: I practice idolatry. From porne; to act the harlot, i.e. indulge unlawful lust, or practise idolatry.

as
καθώς (kathōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.

some
τινες (tines)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

of them
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

[did],
ἐπόρνευσαν (eporneusan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4203: To fornicate; met: I practice idolatry. From porne; to act the harlot, i.e. indulge unlawful lust, or practise idolatry.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

in one
μιᾷ (mia)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.

day
ἡμέρᾳ (hēmera)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

twenty-three
εἰκοσι (eikosi)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 1501: Twenty. Of uncertain affinity; a score.

τρεῖς (treis)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 5140: Three. Or neuter tria a primary number; 'three'.

thousand [of them]
χιλιάδες (chiliades)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 5505: A thousand, the number one thousand. From chilioi; one thousand.

died.
ἔπεσαν (epesan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4098: A reduplicated and contracted form of peto; probably akin to petomai through the idea of alighting; to fall.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

Young's Literal Translation
neither may we commit whoredom, as certain of them did commit whoredom, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let us not commit sexual immorality as some of them did, and in a single day 23,000 people fell dead.

New American Standard Bible
Nor let us act immorally, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day.

King James Bible
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did--and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

New Living Translation
And we must not engage in sexual immorality as some of them did, causing 23,000 of them to die in one day.

English Standard Version
We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day.

New American Standard Bible
Nor let us act immorally, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day.

King James Bible
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let us not commit sexual immorality as some of them did, and in a single day 23,000 people fell dead.

International Standard Version
Let's stop sinning sexually, as some of them were doing, and on a single day 23,000 fell dead.

NET Bible
And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day.

American Standard Version
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

English Revised Version
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

Young's Literal Translation
neither may we commit whoredom, as certain of them did commit whoredom, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand;
















Cross References
Numbers 25:1
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

Numbers 25:9
And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

Matthew 5:32
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

1 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

1 Corinthians 10:7
Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

1 Corinthians 10:6
Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

1 Corinthians 10:5
But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

1 Corinthians 10:9
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

1 Corinthians 10:10
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.

1 Corinthians 10:11
Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
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