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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3428 - μοιχαλίς

Transliteration

moichalís

Phonetics

moy-khal-is'

Origin

a prolonged form of the feminine of (G3432)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

4:729,605

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

an adulteress
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
1. fig. equiv. to faithless to God, unclean, apostate

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (7)

Matthew 2

Mark 1

Romans 2

James 1

2 Peter 1

BSB (7)

Matthew 2

Mark 1

Romans 2

James 1

2 Peter 1

CSB (7)

Matthew 2

Mark 1

Romans 2

James 1

2 Peter 1

ESV (6)

Matthew 2

Mark 1

Romans 2

James 1

2 Peter 1

KJV (7)

Matthew 2

Mark 1

Romans 2

James 1

2 Peter 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (7)

Matthew 2

Mark 1

Romans 2

James 1

2 Peter 1

N95 (7)

Matthew 2

Mark 1

Romans 2

James 1

2 Peter 1

NAS (7)

Matthew 2

Mark 1

Romans 2

James 1

2 Peter 1

NLT (8)

Matthew 2

Mark 1

Romans 2

James 3

2 Peter 2

WEB (7)

Matthew 2

Mark 1

Romans 2

James 1

2 Peter 1

YLT (7)

Matthew 2

Mark 1

Romans 2

James 1

2 Peter 1

ASV (7)

adulteress 1

adulteresses 1

adulterous 3

an adulteress 1

of adultery 1

BSB (7)

adulterous 3

an adulteress 2

of adultery 1

you adulteresses 1

CSB (7)

adulteress 2

adulteresses 1

adulterous 3

adultery 1

ESV (6)

adulteress 2

adulterous 3

adulterous people 1

KJV (7)

adulteress 2

adulteresses 1

adulterous 3

adultery 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (7)

adulteress 2

adulteresses 1

adulterous 3

adultery 1

N95 (7)

adulteress 2

adulteresses 1

adulterous 3

adultery 1

NAS (7)

adulteress 2

adulteresses 1

adulterous 3

adultery 1

NLT (8)

adulterers 2

adulterous 3

adultery 3

WEB (7)

adulteress 1

adulteresses 1

adulterous 3

an adulteress 1

of adultery 1

YLT (7)

adulterers whoever 1

adulterous 3

adultery 1

an adulteress 2

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 3

N-VPF 1

ANT

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 3

N-VPF 1

BEZ

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 3

N-VPF 1

BGB

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 3

N-VPF 1

BMT

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 3

N-VPF 1

BYZ

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 3

N-VPF 1

ELZ

A-ASF 1

A-DSF 1

A-GSF 1

A-NSF 3

A-VPF 1

NA26

A-ASF 1

A-DSF 1

A-GSF 1

A-NSF 3

A-VPF 1

SBL

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 3

N-VPF 1

SCV

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 3

N-VPF 1

STV

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 3

N-VPF 1

TIS

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 3

N-VPF 1

A-ASF 1

A-DSF 1

A-GSF 1

A-NSF 3

A-VPF 1

TRG

A-ASF 1

A-DSF 1

A-GSF 1

A-NSF 3

A-VPF 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

μοιχ-ᾰλίς, ίδος

(also acc. μοιχαλίν LXX Hosea 3:1), ἡ,

I = cross μοιχάς, Romans 7:3, Hld. 8.9, Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(1).264, etc.; in religious sense, unfaithful to God, Ephesians 4:4 : so as Adj., adulterous, γενεά Matthew 12:39, etc.

II = cross μοιχεία, 2 Peter 2:14.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

μοιχαλίς, μοιχαλίδος, ἡ (μοιχός), a word unknown to the earlier writers but found in Plutarch, Heliodorus, others; see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 452; (Winers Grammar, 24); the Sept. for נֹאֶפֶת (Ezekiel 16:38; Ezekiel 23:45) and מְנָאֶפֶת (Hosea 3:1; Proverbs 24:55 ()); an adulteress;

a. properly: Romans 7:3; ὀφθαλμοί μεστοί μοιχαλίδος, eyes always on the watch for an adulteress, or from which adulterous desire beams forth, 2 Peter 2:14.

b. 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 (Ezekiel 16:15ff; 23:43ff, etc.); hence, μοιχαλίς is figuratively equivalent to faithless to God, unclean, apostate: James 4:4 (where cf. Alford); as an adjective (cf. Matthiae, § 429, 4), γενεά ... μοιχαλίς: Matthew 12:39; Matthew 16:4; Mark 8:38. (Cf. Clement of Alexandria, strom. vi. c. 16 § 146, p. 292, 5 edition Sylb.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

μοιχαλις

See G3432

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

νικάω is found in a legal sense of winning one’s case, as in Romans 3:4, in P Hal I. 1.58 (mid. iii/B.C.) ἐὰν δέ τιν (l. τις) . . . γρ [αψ ]άμενος δίκην ψευδομαρ [τ ]υρίου νικήσηι κτλ., and in relation to games in PSI IV. 364 (B.C. 251–0) γίνωσκε Διονύσιον τὸν ἀδελφὸν νενικηκότα τὸν ἐν Ἱερᾶι νήσωι ἀγῶνα τῶν Πτολεμαιείων, and P Oxy XIV. 1759.4 (letter to an athlete—ii/A.D.) πρὸ [τ ]ῶν ὅλων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν [κ ]αὶ νικᾶν πάντοτε. It is very common as an epithet of the Emperors, e.g. P Amh II. 140.11 (A.D. 349) τῶ ]ν πάντα νικών [των ] δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Ἀγούστων, ";of our all-victorious masters the Augusti"; (Edd.). A good parallel to Romans 12:21 is afforded by Test. xii. patr. Benj. iv. 3 οὗτος τὸ ἀγαθὸν ποιῶν νικᾷ τὸ κακόν.

List of Word Forms

μοιχαλιδα μοιχαλίδα μοιχαλιδες μοιχαλίδες μοιχαλιδι μοιχαλίδι μοιχαλιδος μοιχαλίδος μοιχαλίδων μοιχαλίν μοιχαλις μοιχαλίς μοιχαλὶς moichalida moichalída moichalides moichalídes moichalidi moichalídi moichalidos moichalídos moichalis moichalìs