adjective
moichalidas
Strong’sG3428
an adulteress
stem moichalid-7 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books5 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
† μοιχαλίς, -ίδος, ἡ
(= Att. μοιχάς, fem. of μοιχός), [in LXX: Pr 18:22 24:55 (30:20), Ez 16:38 23:45, Ho 3:1, Ma 3:5 (נֹאֶפֶת, מְנָאֶפֶת)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3428 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmoy-khal-is'
an adulteress (literally or figuratively)
Froma prolonged form of the feminine of G3432;
King Jamesadulteress(-ous, -y).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(also accusative μοιχαλίν LXX+NT+3rd c.AD+; in religious sense, unfaithful to God, NT: so as adjective, adulterous, γενεά NT
II ={μοιχεία}, NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | moichalidos | moichalidas3×μοιχαλὶς | moichalidem | moichalidois | moichalidais | moichalideim |
| object accusative | moichalidon | moichalidan1×μοιχαλίδα | moichalidoin | moichalidain | ||
| direct address vocative | moichalidor | moichalidar | moichalidoir | moichalidair1×μοιχαλίδες | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | moichalidou | moichalidau1×μοιχαλίδος | moichalideu | moichalidoiu | moichalidaiu | moichalideiu |
| to, for dative | moichalido | moichalida1×μοιχαλίδι | moichalide | moichalidoi | moichalidai | moichalidei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
moichalid is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
moichalidas“adulterous”subjectnominative singular3×
Matthew 12:39… apokrinirantos legata autoi; Geneas ponēras kai moichalidas sēmem epizētatō, kai sēmem ouk dōiti …Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none …
Matthew 16:4Geneas ponēras kai moichalidas sēmem epizētatō, kai sēmem ouk dōiti …A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none …
Romans 7:3ara oun zōarōntou tou androu moichalidas chrēmatizati ean geneteia andro hetero; ean …… still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she …
moichalidan“adulteress”objectaccusative singular1×
Romans 7:3… tou nomou, teu mē arō autan moichalidan generantan andro hetero.… that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.
moichalidau“adultery”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
2 Peter 2:14ofthalmoin echarōntois mestoin moichalidau kai akatapaustoin hamartau, deleazarōntois psuchain astēriktain, …Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never …
moichalida“adulterous”to, fordative singular1×
Mark 8:38… logoin en ta genea houta ta moichalida kai hamartōla, kai tos huios tou …… Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of …
moichalidair“adulterous”direct addressvocative plural1×
James 4:4“adulterous”moichalidair, ouk oidavē hoti tas filias tou …… Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders …