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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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