Word Study · Strong's G3429 · Greek
μοιχάω
moichao
moy-khah'-o
Strong's 1890 spelling: moicháō
“(middle voice) to commit adultery”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
(middle voice) to commit adultery
Rendered in the KJV as
commit adultery.
- 4occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- μοιχᾶται.¶2
- μοιχᾶται1
- μοιχᾶται.1
How it is rendered · 3
- commits adultery.2
- commits adultery1
- she commits adultery.1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- verb · present deponent, statement · 3rd person singular4
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-PNI-3S · 4
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Matthew2 occurrences
- Matthew 5:32μοιχᾶται.¶moichataiverb · present deponent, statement · 3rd person singularBut 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.here: commits adultery.
- Matthew 19:9μοιχᾶται.moichataiverb · present deponent, statement · 3rd person singularNow I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.”here: commits adultery.
Mark2 occurrences
- Mark 10:11μοιχᾶταιmoichataiverb · present deponent, statement · 3rd person singularSo He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.here: commits adultery
- Mark 10:12μοιχᾶται.¶moichataiverb · present deponent, statement · 3rd person singularAnd if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”here: she commits adultery.