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Lexicon :: Strong's G3431 - moicheuō

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μοιχεύω
Transliteration
moicheuō (Key)
Pronunciation
moy-khyoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:729,605

Strong’s Definitions

μοιχεύω moicheúō, moy-khyoo'-o; from G3432; to commit adultery:—commit adultery.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G3431 in the following manner: commit adultery (13x), in adultery (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G3431 in the following manner: commit adultery (13x), in adultery (1x).

  1. to commit adultery

    1. to be an adulterer

    2. to commit adultery with, have unlawful intercourse with another's wife

    3. of the wife: to suffer adultery, be debauched

    4. A Hebrew idiom, the word is used of those who at a woman's solicitation are drawn away to idolatry, i.e. to the eating of things sacrificed to idols

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μοιχεύω moicheúō, moy-khyoo'-o; from G3432; to commit adultery:—commit adultery.
STRONGS G3431:
μοιχεύω; future μοιχεύσω; 1 aorist ἐμοίχευσα; passive, present participle μοιχευομένη; 1 aorist infinitive μοιχευθῆναι; (μοιχός); from Aristophanes and Xenophon down; the Sept. for נָאַף; to commit adultery;
a. absolutely (to be an adulterer): Matthew 5:27; Matthew 19:18; Mark 10:19; Luke 16:18; Luke 18:20; Romans 2:22; Romans 13:9; James 2:11.
b. τινα (γυναῖκα), to commit adultery with, have unlawful intercourse with another's wife: Matthew 5:28 (Deuteronomy 5:18; Leviticus 20:10; Aristophanes av. 558; Plato, rep. 2, p. 360 b.; Lucian, dial. deor. 6, 3; Aristaenet. epistles 1, 20; Aeschines dial. Socrates 2, 14); passive of the wife, to suffer adultery, be debauched: Matthew 5:32a L T Tr WH; (Matthew 19:9 WH marginal reading); John 8:4. By a Hebraism (see μοιχαλίς, b.) tropically, μετά τίνος (γυναικός) μοιχεύειν is used of those who at a woman's solicitation are drawn away to idolatry, i. e. to the eating of things sacrificed to idols, Revelation 2:22; cf. Jeremiah 3:9, etc.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
20:10
Deuteronomy
5:18
Jeremiah
3:9
Matthew
5:27; 5:28; 5:32; 19:9; 19:18
Mark
10:19
Luke
16:18; 18:20
John
8:4
Romans
2:22; 13:9
James
2:11
Revelation
2:22

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3431 matches the Greek μοιχεύω (moicheuō),
which occurs 14 times in 11 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:27 - Ye have heard G191 that G3754 it was said G4483 by them of old time, G744 Thou shalt G3431 ➔ not G3756 commit adultery: G3431

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:28 - But G1161 I G1473 say G3004 unto you, G5213 That G3754 whosoever G3956 looketh G991 on a woman G1135 to G4314 lust after G1937 her G846 hath committed adultery G3431 with her G846 already G2235 in G1722 his G846 heart. G2588

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:18 - He saith G3004 unto him, G846 Which? G4169 G1161 Jesus G2424 said, G2036 Thou shalt do G5407 ➔ no G3756 murder, G5407 Thou shalt G3431 ➔ not G3756 commit adultery, G3431 Thou shalt G2813 ➔ not G3756 steal, G2813 Thou shalt G5576 ➔ not G3756 bear false witness, G5576

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:19 - Thou knowest G1492 the commandments, G1785 Do G3431 ➔ not G3361 commit adultery, G3431 Do G5407 ➔ not G3361 kill, G5407 Do G2813 ➔ not G3361 steal, G2813 Do G5576 ➔ not G3361 bear false witness, G5576 Defraud G650 not, G3361 Honour G5091 thy G4675 father G3962 and G2532 mother. G3384

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:18 - Whosoever G3956 putteth away G630 his G846 wife, G1135 and G2532 marrieth G1060 another, G2087 committeth adultery: G3431 and G2532 whosoever G3956 marrieth G1060 her that is put away G630 from G575 her husband G435 committeth adultery. G3431

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:20 - Thou knowest G1492 the commandments, G1785 Do G3431 ➔ not G3361 commit adultery, G3431 Do G5407 ➔ not G3361 kill, G5407 Do G2813 ➔ not G3361 steal, G2813 Do G5576 ➔ not G3361 bear false witness, G5576 Honour G5091 thy G4675 father G3962 and G2532 thy G4675 mother. G3384

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:4 - They say G3004 unto him, G846 Master, G1320 this G3778 woman G1135 was taken G2638 in adultery, G3431 in the very act. G1888

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:22 - Thou that sayest G3004 a man should G3431 ➔ not G3361 commit adultery, G3431 dost thou commit adultery? G3431 thou that abhorrest G948 idols, G1497 dost thou commit sacrilege? G2416

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:9 - For G1063 this, Thou shalt G3431 ➔ not G3756 commit adultery, G3431 Thou shalt G5407 ➔ not G3756 kill, G5407 Thou shalt G2813 ➔ not G3756 steal, G2813 Thou shalt G5576 ➔ not G3756 bear false witness, G5576 Thou shalt G1937 ➔ not G3756 covet; G1937 and G2532 if there be any G1536 other G2087 commandment, G1785 it is briefly comprehended G346 in G1722 this G5129 saying, G3056 namely, G1722 Thou shalt love G25 thy G4675 neighbour G4139 as G5613 thyself. G1438

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:11 - For G1063 he that said, G2036 Do G3431 ➔ not G3361 commit adultery, G3431 said G2036 also, G2532 Do G5407 ➔ not G3361 kill. G5407 Now G1161 if G1487 thou commit G3431 ➔ no G3756 adultery, G3431 yet if G1161 thou kill, G5407 thou art become G1096 a transgressor G3848 of the law. G3551

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:22 - Behold, G2400 I G1473 will cast G906 her G846 into G1519 a bed, G2825 and G2532 them that commit adultery G3431 with G3326 her G846 into G1519 great G3173 tribulation, G2347 except G3362 they repent G3340 of G1537 their G846 deeds. G2041
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