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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #3431 - μοιχεύω

Transliteration

moicheúō

Phonetics

moy-khyoo'-o

Origin

from (G3432)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

4:729,605

Definition

Thayer's

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

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 5003 ‑ נָאַף (naw‑af');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (22)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Romans

James

Revelation

NAS (30)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Romans

James

Revelation

HCS (15)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Romans

James

Revelation

BSB (15)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Romans

James

Revelation

ESV (14)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Romans

James

Revelation

WEB (22)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Romans

James

Revelation

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

μοιχ-εύω,

1. commit adultery with a woman, debauch her, c. acc., Ar. Av. 558, Lys. 1.15, Pl. R. 360b: — Pass., of the woman, Ar. Pax 980 (anap.); μοιχευθῆναί τινι Arist. HA 586a3; μεμοιχεῦσθαι ὑπ' ἀλλήλων, of birds, ib. 619a10.

2. metaph., worship idolatrously, τὸ ξύλον καὶ τὸν λίθον LXX Jeremiah 3:9.

II intr., commit adultery, Xenoph. 11.3; ἐμοίχευσάς τι Ar. Nu. 1076, cf. X. Mem. 2.1.5, Arist. EN 1129b21.

III metaph., in fut. Med. (in pass. sense), οὐ μοιχεύσεταί μου τὰ φιλήματα her kisses shall not be adulterously stolen from me, Ach.Tat. 4.8.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

μοιχεύω

(< μοιχός ),

[in LXX: Exodus 20:13, Leviticus 20:10, al. (H5003);]

to commit adultery: absol., Matthew 5:27; Matthew 19:18, Mark 10:19, Luke 16:18; Luke 18:20, Romans 2:22; Romans 13:9, James 2:11; c. acc fem., Matthew 5:28. Pass., of the woman, Matthew 5:32; Matthew 19:9 WH, mg.), John 8:4. Metaph., of idolatry (see μιοιχαλίς , and cf. Jeremiah 3:9, a1.), seq. μετ᾿ αὐτῆς , Revelation 2:22.†

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

See s.v. Νικόλαος.

List of Word Forms

εμοίχευσε εμοιχευσεν εμοίχευσεν ἐμοίχευσεν μοιχευει μοιχεύει μοιχευειν μοιχεύειν μοιχευεις μοιχεύεις μοιχευθηναι μοιχευθῆναι μοιχευομενη μοιχευομένη μοιχευομένην μοιχευοντας μοιχεύοντας μοιχεύοντες μοιχεύουσι μοιχευσεις μοιχεύσεις μοιχευσης μοιχεύσης μοιχεύσῃς μοιχεύσηται μοιχεύσουσι μοιχεύσωσιν μοιχεύων emoicheusen emoícheusen moicheuei moicheúei moicheuein moicheúein moicheueis moicheúeis moicheuomene moicheuomenē moicheuoméne moicheuoménē moicheuontas moicheúontas moicheuseis moicheúseis moicheúsēis moicheuses moicheusēs moicheuthenai moicheuthênai moicheuthēnai moicheuthē̂nai

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