Open Bible Data Home  About  News  OET Key

Demonstration version—prototype quality only—still in development

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Intro ← Index → ©

μοιχεύω

MainId: 003336000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: μ

StrongCodes: G3431

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 003336001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'μοιχάομαι', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 003336001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 88.276

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

      LEXSubDomains: Sexual Misbehavior

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-09 13:52:18

         DefinitionShort: sexual intercourse of a man with a married woman other than his own spouse

         Glosses: ['to commit adultery', 'adultery']

         Comments: From the standpoint of the NT, adultery was normally defined in terms of the married status of the woman involved in any such act. In other words, sexual intercourse of a married man with an unmarried woman would usually be regarded as {L:πορνεία} ‘fornication’ ({D:88.271}), but sexual intercourse of either an unmarried or a married man with someone else’s wife was regarded as adultery, both on the part of the man as well as the woman. In view of the married status of the woman being the determining factor in {L:μοιχάω}, μοιχεύω, μοιχάομαι, {L:μοιχεία}, and related terms ({D:88.277}-{D:88.278}), there is a significant contrast with {L:πορνεύω} and related expressions ({D:88.271}). {L:πορνεύω}, however, may be regarded as more generic in meaning, and thus in certain contexts including adultery.|The parallel expression to {S:04201601800020} in {S:04000503200034} is somewhat different: πᾶς ὁ ἀπολύων τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ παρεκτὸς λόγου πορνείας ποιεῖ αὐτὴν μοιχευθῆναι, usually rendered as ‘anyone who divorces his wife for any cause other than fornication makes her guilty of committing adultery,’ presumably on the implication that she would marry someone else, as is implied in the final clause of {S:04000503200000}.

      LEXReferences: MAT 5:27, MAT 5:28, MAT 5:32, MAT 19:18, MARK 10:19, LUKE 16:18, LUKE 16:18, LUKE 18:20, YHN 8:4, ROM 2:22, ROM 2:22, ROM 13:9, YAC 2:11, YAC 2:11, REV 2:22