μοιχεύω moicheuō

Greek word for “to commit adultery” · Strong’s G3431 · used 15 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

μοιχεύω; (μοιχός); to commit adultery: absol., 19:18, 18:20, 13:9;

How it is translated

Glosses given for moicheuō in context, with how often each is used:

• shall you commit adultery 2
• commits adultery 2
• committing adultery 2
• will you commit adultery.’ 1
• has committed adultery with 1
• adulterated 1
• will you commit adultery 1
• commit adultery 1
• do you commit adultery? 1
• will commit adultery 1
• may commit adultery 1
• do commit adultery 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 5 (3), Matthew 19 (1), Mark 10 (1), Luke 16 (1), Luke 18 (1), John 8 (1), Romans 2 (1), Romans 13 (1), James 2 (1), Revelation 2 (1)

Forms

• μοιχεύσεις 3
• μοιχεύσῃς 3
• μοιχεύει 2
• μοιχεύεις 2
• ἐμοίχευσεν 1
• μοιχευθῆναι 1
• μοιχευομένη 1
• μοιχεύειν 1
• μοιχεύοντας 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with moicheuō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• φονεύω phoneuō “to murder” 5
• κλέπτω kleptō “to steal” 4
• ψευδομαρτυρέω pseudomartureō “to perjure” 3
• γυνή gunē “woman” 4
• ἐντολή entolē “commandment” 3
• ἀπολείπω apoleipō “to leave” 2
• ἐπιθυμέω epithumeō “to long for” 2
• τιμάω timaō “to honor” 2
• γαμέω gameō “to marry” 2
• ἀπολύω apoluō “to release” 2
• μήτηρ mētēr “mother” 2
• ἕτερος heteros “other” 2

Key verses

The verses using moicheuō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:27 — Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
• Matthew 5:28 — But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
• Matthew 5:32 — But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her…
• Matthew 19:18 — He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
• Mark 10:19 — Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
• Luke 16:18 — Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
• Luke 18:20 — Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
• John 8:4 — They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
• Romans 2:22 — Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
• Romans 13:9 — For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be…
• James 2:11 — For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
• Revelation 2:22 — Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.