Adultery
μοιχείαStrong’s G3430moicheia
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Moicheia is the Greek word usually translated “adulteries” and “adultery”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:”
Meaning
Usually translated “adulteries” and “adultery”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- adulteries 2
- adultery 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- John 1
- Galatians 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 7:22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
- John 8:3And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
- Galatians 5:19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Greek dictionary
μοιχεία moicheia · adultery
μοιχεία, -ας, ἡ (μοιχύω), [rn LXX: Hos.2:2 (נַאֲפוּף), Hos.4:2 (נָאַף), Jer.13:27 (נִאֻף), Wis.14:26 * ;] adultery: Jhn.8:3; pl. (see WM, 220; Bl., § 32, 6), Mat.15:19, Mrk.7:21,† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “adultery” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ADUL'TERY, noun
[Latin adulterium. See Adulterate.]
- Violation of the marriage bed; a crime, or a civil injury, which introduces, or may introduce, into a family, a spurious offspring.
- In a scriptural sense, all manner of lewdness or unchastity, as in the seventh commandment.
- In scripture, idolatry, or apostasy from the true God. Jeremiah 3:8
- In old laws, the fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery
All definitions
- In ecclesiastical affairs, the intrusion of a person into a bishopric, during the life of the bishop.
- Among ancient naturalists, the grafting of trees was called adultery being considered as an unnatural union.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.