Strong G3428μοιχαλίς
adulterous
- Transliteration
- moichalis
- Pronunciation
- moy-khal-is'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
A prolonged form of the feminine of G3432; an adulteress (literally or figuratively): - adulteress (-ous -y).
Detailed definition
1. an adulteress , (New Testament):as adjective adulterous , (New Testament)
2. as Substantive = μοιχεία, (New Testament) (ML)
2. as Substantive = μοιχεία, (New Testament) (ML)
In the Bible
Strong G3428 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- adulterous3
- adulteress2
- adultery1
First verses
- Matthew 12:39But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
- Matthew 16:4A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
- Mark 8:38Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
- Romans 7:3So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
- James 4:4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
- 2 Peter 2:14Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μοιχ-ᾰλίς, ίδος
(also accusative μοιχαλίν [LXX+NT+3rd c.AD+ (LXX.Hos.3.1), ἡ, ={μοιχάς}, NT.Rom.7.3, 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 8.9, “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(1).264, etc.)]; in religious sense, unfaithful to God, [NT (NT.Jam.4.4)]: so as adjective, adulterous, γενεά [NT (NT.Matt.12.39, etc.)]
II ={μοιχεία}, [NT (NT.2Pet.2.14.)]
(also accusative μοιχαλίν [LXX+NT+3rd c.AD+ (LXX.Hos.3.1), ἡ, ={μοιχάς}, NT.Rom.7.3, 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 8.9, “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(1).264, etc.)]; in religious sense, unfaithful to God, [NT (NT.Jam.4.4)]: so as adjective, adulterous, γενεά [NT (NT.Matt.12.39, etc.)]
II ={μοιχεία}, [NT (NT.2Pet.2.14.)]