Original: μοιχεύω

Transliteration: moicheúō

Phonetic: moy-khyoo'-o

Short 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

- TDNT entry: 16:09,6

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From G3432; to commit adultery: - commit adultery.

Cognate: G3428, G3429, G3430, G3432