μοιχάω moichaō · G3429
to commit adultery
μοιχάω, -ῶ ; (= cl. μοιχεύω), [in LXX (mid., absol. and with accusative, with party of either sex as subj.) : Jer.3:8 5:7 7:9 9:2 23:14 29:23, Eze.16:32 23:37, 43 (נָאַף) * ; ] ; to commit adultery with: with accusative, fem. In NT always mid, in same sense; of the man : absol., Mat.5:32 19:9 (WH, txt., R, mg., om.); before ἐπ᾽ αὐτήν, Mrk.10:11; of the woman: Mrk.10:12.†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
μοιχ-άω, ; ={μοιχεύω} 1: metaphorically, μοιχᾶν τὴν θάλατταν have dalliance with the sea, applied by Callicratidas to []:— passive, commit adultery, of a man, []; of a woman, []: metaphorically, to be unfaithful to God, []; 2 falsify, []
Where it's used 5 times
Matthew 5:32 · Matthew 19:9 · Mark 10:11 · Mark 10:12 … and 1 more
Source: TBESG G3429; TFLSJ G3429
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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