Quick Definition
I commit adultery
Strong's Definition
(middle voice) to commit adultery
Derivation: from G3432 (μοιχός);
KJV Usage: commit adultery
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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, Mat_5:32 b (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), Mar_10:11; of the Woman, Mat_5:32 a (where L T Tr WH μοιχευθῆναι for μοιχᾶσθαι); Mar_10:12. (the Sept. for πΘΰΗσ, Jer_3:8; Jer_5:7; Jer_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.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μοιχάω moichaō 4x
act., to cause to commit adultery,
pass., to commit or be guilty of adultery, Mat_5:32 ; Mat_19:9 ; Mar_10:11 f.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μοιχάω , -ῶ ,
( = cl . μοιχεύω ),
[in LXX ( mid ., absol. and c . acc , with party of either sex as subj.) : Jer_3:8 ; Jer_5:7 ; Jer_7:9 ; Jer_9:2 ; Jer_23:14 ; Jer_29:23 , Eze_16:32 ; Eze_23:37 ; Eze_23:43 ( H5003 ) * ;]
to commit adultery with: c . acc, fem. In NT always mid , in same sense; of the man : absol. , Mat_5:32 ; Mat_19:9 ( WH , txt ., R , mg ., om .); seq . ἐπ᾿ αὐτήν , Mar_10:11 ; of the woman: Mar_10:12 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μοιχάομαι (~ μοιχάω ) [page 416]
After the example of the LXX translators of Jeremiah and Ezekiel, this verb, commit adultery with, is used in the NT with either sex as subject Mar_10:11 of the man, ib. .12 of the woman. According to Wackernagel Hellenistica p. 7 ff. the verb would seem to belong to a more vulgar layer of Hellenistic Greek than μοιχαλίς . For a verb μοιχαίνω (not in LS) see Vett. Val. p. 118 .5 πολυκοιτοῦσι δὲ καὶ μοιχαίνουσι καὶ καταφημίζονται .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
μοιχάω μοιχάω, trans., = μοιχεύω: metaph., μοιχᾶν τὴν θάλατταν "to have dalliance with" the sea, Xen. :—Pass., like μοιχεύομαι, "to commit adultery", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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