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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - μοιχεύω
μοιχεύω
G3431
Transliteration: moicheúō
Pronunciation: moy-khyoo'-o
Definition: commit adultery
- Original: μοιχεύω - Transliteration: Moicheuo - Phonetic: moy-khyoo'-o
- Definition:
1. to commit adultery
a. to be an adulterer
b. to commit adultery with, have unlawful intercourse with another's wife
c. of the wife: to suffer adultery, be debauched
d. A Hebrew idiom, the word is used of those who at a woman's solicitation are drawn away to idolatry, i.e. to the eating of things sacrificed to idols
- Origin: from G3432" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3432 - TDNT entry: 16:09,6 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G3432" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3432; to commit adultery: - commit adultery.