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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 3430. μοιχεία (moicheia) -- Adultery</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/3430.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/matthew/1-1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/3430.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 3430</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/3429.htm" title="3429">◄</a> 3430. moicheia <a href="../greek/3431.htm" title="3431">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">moicheia: Adultery</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">μοιχεία</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>moicheia<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>moy-KHI-ah<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(moy-khi'-ah)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Adultery<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>adultery.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek verb μοιχάω (moichaō), meaning "to commit adultery."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - H5003 נָאַף (na'aph) - to commit adultery<p> - H5004 נִאוּף (ni'uph) - adultery<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the New Testament, "μοιχεία" refers to the act of adultery, which is the violation of the marriage covenant by engaging in sexual relations with someone other than one's spouse. It is considered a serious sin and a breach of the moral law as outlined in the Ten Commandments.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Jewish context, adultery was a grave offense against both God and the social order. The Mosaic Law prescribed severe penalties for those caught in adultery, reflecting the importance of marital fidelity in maintaining family and community integrity. In Greco-Roman society, while attitudes towards sexual morality varied, adultery was often viewed as a violation of social norms and personal honor.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/3431.htm">moicheuó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>adultery<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>adulteries (2), adultery (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 3430: μοιχεία</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">μοιχεία</span></span>, <span class="greek2">μοιχειας</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (<span class="greek2">μοιχεύω</span>), <span class="accented">adultery</span>: <a href="/interlinear/john/8-3.htm">John 8:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19</a> <span class="manuref">Rec.</span>; plural (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 27, 3; <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, § 123, 2): <a href="/interlinear/matthew/15-19.htm">Matthew 15:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/7-21.htm">Mark 7:21</a>. (<a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jeremiah 13:27</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hosea/2-2.htm">Hosea 2:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hosea/4-2.htm">Hosea 4:2</a>; (<span class="abbreviation">Andocides</span> (<DATE_RANGE:405 B.C.>), <span class="abbreviation">Lysias</span>), <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Aeschines</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Lucian</span>, others.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>adultery. <p>From <a href="/greek/3431.htm">moicheuo</a>; adultery -- adultery. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3431.htm">moicheuo</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>μοιχεια μοιχεία μοιχείᾳ μοιχειαι μοιχείαι μοιχεῖαι μοιχείαν moicheia moicheiai moicheíāi moicheîai<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/15-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 15:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural">N-NFP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/15.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πονηροί φόνοι <b>μοιχεῖαι</b> πορνεῖαι κλοπαί</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> murders, <span class="itali">adulteries,</span> fornications,<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> murders, <span class="itali">adulteries,</span> fornications,<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/15-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> evil murders <span class="itali">adulteries</span> sexual immorality thefts<p><b><a href="/text/mark/7-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 7:21</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural">N-NFP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">κλοπαί φόνοι <b>μοιχεῖαι</b> </span><br><a href="/kjvs/mark/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> thoughts, <span class="itali">adulteries,</span> fornications,<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/7-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> thefts murders <span class="itali">adulteries</span><p><b><a href="/text/john/8-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 8:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">γυναῖκα ἐπὶ <b>μοιχείᾳ</b> κατειλημμένην καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> caught <span class="itali">in adultery,</span> and having set<br><a href="/kjvs/john/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in <span class="itali">adultery;</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/john/8-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> a women in <span class="itali">adultery</span> having been caught and<p><b><a href="/greek/3430.htm">Strong's Greek 3430</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3430.htm">3 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/moicheia_3430.htm">μοιχείᾳ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/moicheiai_3430.htm">μοιχεῖαι — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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