Strong G3429μοιχάω
to commit adultery
- Transliteration
- moichaō
- Pronunciation
- moy-khah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G3432; (middle voice) to commit adultery: - commit adultery.
Detailed definition
μοιχάω, -ῶ
(= cl. μοιχεύω), [in LXX (mid., absol. and with accusative, with party of either sex as subj.): Jer.3:8 5:7 7:9 9:2 23:14 29:23, Eze.16:32 23:37, 43 (נָאַף) *;]
to commit adultery with: with accusative, fem. In NT always mid, in same sense; of the man: absol., Mat.5:32 19:9 (WH, txt., R, mg., om.); before ἐπ᾽ αὐτήν, Mrk.10:11; of the woman: Mrk.10:12.†
(AS)
(= cl. μοιχεύω), [in LXX (mid., absol. and with accusative, with party of either sex as subj.): Jer.3:8 5:7 7:9 9:2 23:14 29:23, Eze.16:32 23:37, 43 (נָאַף) *;]
to commit adultery with: with accusative, fem. In NT always mid, in same sense; of the man: absol., Mat.5:32 19:9 (WH, txt., R, mg., om.); before ἐπ᾽ αὐτήν, Mrk.10:11; of the woman: Mrk.10:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3429 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- adultery4
- commit2
First verses
- Matthew 5:32But 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.
- Matthew 19:9And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
- Mark 10:11And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
- Mark 10:12And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μοιχ-άω,
={μοιχεύω} 1: metaphorically, μοιχᾶν τὴν θάλατταν have dalliance with the sea, applied by Callicratidas to [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Conon Historicus, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.6.15)]:— passive, commit adultery, of a man, [NT (NT.Matt.5.32)]; of a woman, [NT (NT.Mark.10.12)]: metaphorically, to be unfaithful to God, [LXX (LXX.Jer.3.8, LXX.Eze.23.37.)]
2 falsify, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.39.)]
={μοιχεύω} 1: metaphorically, μοιχᾶν τὴν θάλατταν have dalliance with the sea, applied by Callicratidas to [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Conon Historicus, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.6.15)]:— passive, commit adultery, of a man, [NT (NT.Matt.5.32)]; of a woman, [NT (NT.Mark.10.12)]: metaphorically, to be unfaithful to God, [LXX (LXX.Jer.3.8, LXX.Eze.23.37.)]
2 falsify, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.39.)]