as the intimate alliance of God with the people of Israel was likened to a marriage, those who relapse into idolatry are said to commit adultery or play the harlot
fig. equiv. to faithless to God, unclean, apostate
Bibliography Information
Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Moichalis". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon". <http://www.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=3428>.
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