verb
moichomō
Strong’sG3429
I commit adultery
stem moich-5 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 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.
μοιχάω, -ῶ
(= cl. μοιχεύω), [in LXX (mid., absol. and c. acc., with party of either sex as subj.): Je 3:8 5:7 7:9 9:2 (1) 23:14 36 (29):23, Ez 16:32 23:37, 43 (נאף)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3429 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmoy-khah'-o
(middle voice) to commit adultery
Fromfrom G3432;
King Jamescommit adultery.
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
={μοιχεύω} 1: metaphorically, μοιχᾶν τὴν θάλατταν have dalliance with the sea, applied by Callicratidas to Refs 5th c.BC+:— passive, commit adultery, of a man, NT; of a woman, NT: metaphorically, to be unfaithful to God, LXX
2 falsify, Refs 2nd c.AD+
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
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| moichotōμοιχᾶται | happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular | commits adultery | 5× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 5 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | moichomō | moichome | moichomē | moichomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | moichosō | moichose | moichosē | moichoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | moichotō5×μοιχᾶται | moichote | moichotē | moichotelē |
| we 1st person plural | moichonō | moichone | moichonē | moichonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | moichovō | moichove | moichovē | moichovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | moicholō | moichole | moicholē | moicholelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | moichomeiō | moichomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | moichoseiō | moichoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | moichoteiō | moichoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | moichoneiō | moichoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | moichoveiō | moichoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | moicholeiō | moicholeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | moichosōr | moichosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | moichotōr | moichotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | moichovōr | moichovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | moicholōr | moicholēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | moichomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | moichosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | moichotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | moichonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | moichovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | moicholoiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | moichorō | moichorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | moichorōntos | moichorēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
moich 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
moichotō“commits adultery”happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular5×
Matthew 5:32… moicheuira, kai hos ean apoluorēntan gamateia moichotō.… he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Matthew 19:9“commits adultery”… mē epi porneia kai gamateia allosan moichotō kai tos apoluorēntan gamarantos moichotō.… his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
Matthew 19:9… allosan moichotō kai tos apoluorēntan gamarantos moichotō.… sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
Mark 10:11… tan gunaikan autou kai gamateia allosan moichotō epi autan,… his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.
Mark 10:12… apoluarantas ton andron autau gamateia alloson moichotō.… husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”