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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 15 times in 12 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:27 - "You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:28 - But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:32 - But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:18 - "Which ones?" he asked. Jesus replied, "Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:19 - You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:18 - "Everyone who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:20 - You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:4 - and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:22 - You who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:9 - For the commandments, "Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet," (and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this, "Love your neighbor as yourself."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:11 - For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:22 - Look! I am throwing her onto a bed of violent illness, and those who commit adultery with her into terrible suffering, unless they repent of her deeds.
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