King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3429
Transliteration: moichaomai
Phonetic Spelling: (moy-khah'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to commit adultery with
Meaning: to commit adultery with
μοιχάω, μοίχω: to have unlawful intercourse with another's wife, to commit adultery with: τινα. in Biblical Greek middle μοιχωμαι, to commit adultery: of the man, Matthew 5:32b (yet WH brackets); (yet not WH marginal reading), 9b (R G L Tr brackets WH marginal reading); ἐπ' αὐτήν, commits the sin of adultery against her (i. e., that has been put away), Mark 10:11; of the Woman, Matthew 5:32a (where L T Tr WH μοιχευθῆναι for μοιχᾶσθαι); Mark 10:12. (the Sept. for נָאַף, Jeremiah 3:8; Jeremiah 5:7; Jeremiah 9:2, etc.; in Greek writers, figuratively in the active, with τήν θάλασσαν, to usurp unlawful control over the sea, Xenophon, Hell. 1, 6, 15; τό λεχθεν, to falsify, corrupt, Aelian n. a. 7, 39.)
Word Summary
moichaomai: to commit adultery with
Original Word: μοιχάομαιTransliteration: moichaomai
Phonetic Spelling: (moy-khah'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to commit adultery with
Meaning: to commit adultery with
Strong's Concordance
commit adultery. From moichos; (middle voice) to commit adultery -- commit adultery.
see GREEK moichos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3429: μοιχάωμοιχάω, μοίχω: to have unlawful intercourse with another's wife, to commit adultery with: τινα. in Biblical Greek middle μοιχωμαι, to commit adultery: of the man, Matthew 5:32b (yet WH brackets);