noun · feminine
moicheias
Greekμοιχεία (moicheia)
Strong’sG3430
adultery
stem moichei-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
μοιχεία, -ας, ἡ
(< μοιχύω), [in LXX: Ho 2:2 (4) (נַאֲפוּפִים), 4:2 (נָאֹף), Je 13:27 (נִאֻפִים), Wi 14:26*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3430 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmoy-khi'-ah
adultery
Fromfrom G3431;
King Jamesadultery.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | moicheias | moicheiais2×μοιχεῖαι |
| object accusative | moicheian | moicheiain |
| direct address vocative | moicheiar | moicheiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | moicheiau | moicheiaiu |
| to, for dative | moicheia1×μοιχείᾳ | moicheiai |
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
moicheia 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
moicheia“adultery”to, fordative singular1×
John 8:3“adultery”agalō de tois grammatevois kai tois Farisaiois pros auton gunaikan en moicheia katalambiratan kai histanaratois autan en meseThe scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before them
moicheiais“adultery”subjectnominative plural2×
Matthew 15:19“adultery”ek gar tau kardiau exerchelō dialogismois ponērois, fonois, moicheiais, porneiais, klopais, pseudomarturiais, blasfēmiais.For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
Mark 7:22“adulteries”moicheiais, pleonexiais, ponēriais, dolos, aselgeias, ofthalmos ponēros, blasfēmias, huperēfanias, afrosunas;greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.