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Romans 7:3

So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress, even if she marries another man.

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ASV

So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man.

KJV

So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

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Original language & word study

29 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἄραaraThenG686 →
οὖνounthereforeG3767 →
ζῶντοςzōntoswhile is livingG2198 →
τοῦtoutheG3588 →
ἀνδρὸςandroshusbandG435 →
μοιχαλὶςmoichalisan adulteressG3428 →
χρηματίσει,chrēmatiseishe will be calledG5537 →
ἐὰνeanifG1437 →
γένηταιgenētaishe shall become [married]G1096 →
ἀνδρὶandrito manG435 →
ἑτέρῳ·heterōanother;G2087 →
ἐὰνeanifG1437 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
ἀποθάνῃapothanēshall dieG599 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
ἀνήρ,anērhusband,G435 →
ἐλευθέραeleutherafreeG1658 →
ἐστὶνestinshe isG1510 →
ἀπὸapofromG575 →
τοῦtoutheG3588 →
νόμουnomoulawG3551 →
τοῦtouwhichG3588 →
μὴmēnotG3361 →
εἶναιeinaito beG1511 →
αὐτὴνautēnherG846 →
μοιχαλίδαmoichalidaan adulteressG3428 →
γενομένηνgenomenēnhaving become [married]G1096 →
ἀνδρὶandrito manG435 →
ἑτέρῳ.¶heterōanother.G2087 →

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Exodus 20:14You shall not commit adultery.Matthew 5:32But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.Mark 10:11So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.Mark 10:6–12However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’John 4:18In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”John 8:3–5The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before themDeuteronomy 22:22–24If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.Leviticus 20:10If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.1 Timothy 5:11–14But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry,Galatians 5:1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.Ruth 2:13“My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”Numbers 5:13–31by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),1 Samuel 25:39–42On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking for her in marriage.

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