Help QuickNav Adv. Options
LSB

LSB

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G3431 - moicheuō

Choose a new font size and typeface
μοιχεύω
Transliteration
moicheuō (Key)
Pronunciation
moy-khyoo'-o
Listen
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:27 -

“You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT G3431 ADULTERY G3431’;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:28 - but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed G3431 adultery G3431 with her in his heart.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:18 - Then he *said to Him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, “YOU SHALL NOT MURDER; YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT G3431 ADULTERY G3431; YOU SHALL NOT STEAL; YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:19 - “You know the commandments, ‘DO NOT MURDER, DO NOT COMMIT G3431 ADULTERY G3431, DO NOT STEAL, DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS, Do not defraud, HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER.’”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:18 -

“Everyone who [fn]divorces his wife and marries another commits G3431 adultery G3431, and he who marries a woman who is [fn]divorced from a husband commits G3431 adultery G3431.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:20 - “You know the commandments, ‘DO NOT COMMIT G3431 ADULTERY G3431, DO NOT MURDER, DO NOT STEAL, DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS, HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER.’”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:4 - they *said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery G3431, in the very act.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:22 - You who say that one should not commit G3431 adultery G3431, do you commit G3431 adultery G3431? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:9 - For this, “YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT G3431 ADULTERY G3431, YOU SHALL NOT MURDER, YOU SHALL NOT STEAL, YOU SHALL NOT COVET,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:11 - For He who said, “DO NOT COMMIT G3431 ADULTERY G3431,” also said, “DO NOT MURDER.” Now if you do not commit G3431 adultery G3431, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the [fn]law.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:22 - ‘Behold, I will throw her [fn]on a bed of sickness, and those who commit G3431 adultery G3431 with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of [fn]her deeds.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
LSB
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
LSB
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan