Strong's Lexicon

G3430

G3430 — μοιχεία

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekmoicheianounOccurrences: 3

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G3430
Word:μοιχεία
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:from G3431
Language:Greek
Occurrences:3
Transliteration:moicheia
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:moy-khei'-ah
Meaning:1. adultery
KJV Renderings:adultery

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

μοιχεία, μοιχειας, (μοιχεύω), adultery: Joh 8:3; Gal 5:19 Rec.; plural (Winers Grammar, § 27, 3; Buttmann, § 123, 2): Mat 15:19; Mar 7:21. (Jer 13:27; Hos 2:2; Hos 4:2; (Andocides (), Lysias), Plato, Aeschines, Lucian, others.)

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

μοιχεία (adultery)

Matthew 15:19

KJV: For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts murders adulteries fornications thefts false witness blasphemies
GK: εκ γαρ της καρδίας εξέρχονται διαλογισμοί πονηροί φόνοι μοιχείαι πορνείαι κλοπαί ψευδομαρτυρίαι βλασφημίαι

Mark 7:21

KJV: For from within out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts adulteries fornications murders
GK: έσωθεν γαρ εκ της καρδίας των ανθρώπων οι διαλογισμοί οι κακοί εκπορεύονται μοιχείαι πορνείαι φόνοι

John 8:3

KJV: And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery and when they had set her in the midst
GK: άγουσι δε οι γραμματείς και οι Φαρισαίοι προς αυτόν γυναίκα εν μοιχεία κατειλημμένην και στήσαντες αυτήν εν μέσω

Galatians 5:19

KJV: Now the works of the flesh are manifest which are Adultery fornication uncleanness lasciviousness
GK: φανερά δε εστι τα έργα της σαρκός άτινά εστι μοιχεία πορνεία ακαθαρσία ασέλγεια
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