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It is often used metaphorically to describe spiritual unfaithfulness or idolatry, where the people of God turn away from Him to pursue other 'lovers' or false gods.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Jewish context, adultery was considered a grave sin, violating the sanctity of marriage, which was a covenantal relationship reflecting God's covenant with His people. The act of adultery was not only a personal moral failing but also a social and religious transgression that could lead to severe consequences, including the death penalty under Mosaic Law (Leviticus 20:10). The metaphorical use of "adulteress" to describe Israel's unfaithfulness to God is rooted in the prophetic literature of the Old Testament, where idolatry is often depicted as spiritual adultery.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from the fem. of <a href="/greek/3432.htm">moichos</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>an adulteress<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>adulteress (2), adulteresses (1), adulterous (3), 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 3428: μοιχαλίς</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">μοιχαλίς</span></span>, <span class="greek2">μοιχαλίδος</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (<span class="greek2">μοιχός</span>), a word unknown to the earlier writers but found in <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Heliodorus</span>, others; see <span class="abbreviation">Lob. ad Phryn.</span>, p. 452; (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, 24); the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">נֹאֶפֶת</span> (<a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/16-38.htm">Ezekiel 16:38</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/23-45.htm">Ezekiel 23:45</a>) and <span class="hebrew">מְנָאֶפֶת</span> (<a href="/interlinear/hosea/3-1.htm">Hosea 3:1</a>; <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/24-55.htm">Proverbs 24:55</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Proverbs 30:20>)); <span class="accented">an adulteress</span>; <p><span class="emphasized">a.</span> properly: <a href="/interlinear/romans/7-3.htm">Romans 7:3</a>; <span class="greek2">ὀφθαλμοί</span> <span class="greek2">μεστοί</span> <span class="greek2">μοιχαλίδος</span>, eyes always on the watch for an adulteress, or from which adulterous desire beams forth, <a href="/interlinear/2_peter/2-14.htm">2 Peter 2:14</a>. <p><span class="emphasized">b.</span> As the intimate alliance of God with the people of Israel was likened to a marriage, those who relapse into idolatry are said to commit adultery or play <span class="accented">the harlot</span> (<a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Ezekiel 16:15</a>ff; 23:43ff, etc.); hence, <span class="greek2">μοιχαλίς</span> is figuratively equivalent to <span class="accented">faithless to God, unclean, apostate</span>: <a href="/interlinear/james/4-4.htm">James 4:4</a> (where cf. Alford); as an adjective (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Matthiae</span>, § 429, 4), <span class="greek2">γενεά</span> ... <span class="greek2">μοιχαλίς</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-39.htm">Matthew 12:39</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/16-4.htm">Matthew 16:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/8-38.htm">Mark 8:38</a>. (Cf. <span class="abbreviation">Clement of Alexandria</span>, strom. vi. c. 16 § 146, p. 292, 5 edition Sylb.)<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>adulteress<p>A prolonged form of the feminine of <a href="/greek/3432.htm">moichos</a>; an adulteress (literally or figuratively) -- adulteress(-ous, -y). <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3432.htm">moichos</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>μοιχαλιδα μοιχαλίδα μοιχαλιδες μοιχαλίδες μοιχαλιδι μοιχαλίδι μοιχαλιδος μοιχαλίδος μοιχαλίδων μοιχαλίν μοιχαλις μοιχαλίς μοιχαλὶς moichalida moichalída moichalides moichalídes moichalidi moichalídi moichalidos moichalídos moichalis moichalìs<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/12-39.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 12:39</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πονηρὰ καὶ <b>μοιχαλὶς</b> σημεῖον ἐπιζητεῖ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to them, An evil <span class="itali">and adulterous</span> generation<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">adulterous</span> generation<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-39.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> evil and <span class="itali">adulterous</span> a sign seeks for<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/16-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 16:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πονηρὰ καὶ <b>μοιχαλὶς</b> σημεῖον ἐπιζητεῖ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> An evil <span class="itali">and adulterous</span> generation<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">adulterous</span> generation<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/16-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> evil and <span class="itali">adulterous</span> a sign seeks<p><b><a href="/text/mark/8-38.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 8:38</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ταύτῃ τῇ <b>μοιχαλίδι</b> καὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in this <span class="itali">adulterous</span> and sinful<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in this <span class="itali">adulterous</span> and sinful<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/8-38.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> this <span class="itali">adulterous</span> and sinful<p><b><a href="/text/romans/7-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 7:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τοῦ ἀνδρὸς <b>μοιχαλὶς</b> χρηματίσει ἐὰν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> she shall be called <span class="itali">an adulteress;</span> but if<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> she shall be called <span class="itali">an adulteress:</span> but<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/7-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the husband <span class="itali">an adulteress</span> she will be called if<p><b><a href="/text/romans/7-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 7:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἶναι αὐτὴν <b>μοιχαλίδα</b> γενομένην ἀνδρὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> from the law, <span class="itali">so that she is not an adulteress</span> though she is joined<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> no <span class="itali">adulteress,</span> though she be married<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/7-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> so as to be she <span class="itali">an adulteress</span> having become to man<p><b><a href="/text/james/4-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">James 4:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Vocative Feminine Plural">N-VFP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/james/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3"><b>μοιχαλίδες</b> οὐκ οἴδατε</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/james/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">You adulteresses,</span> do you not know<br><a href="/kjvs/james/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">adulteresses,</span> know ye<br><a href="/interlinear/james/4-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">adultresses</span> not know you<p><b><a href="/text/2_peter/2-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Peter 2:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_peter/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔχοντες μεστοὺς <b>μοιχαλίδος</b> καὶ ἀκαταπαύστους</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_peter/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> full <span class="itali">of adultery</span> that never cease<br><a href="/kjvs/2_peter/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> full <span class="itali">of adultery,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/2_peter/2-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> having full <span class="itali">of an adulteress</span> and that cease not<p><b><a href="/greek/3428.htm">Strong's Greek 3428</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3428.htm">7 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/moichalida_3428.htm">μοιχαλίδα — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/moichalides_3428.htm">μοιχαλίδες — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/moichalidi_3428.htm">μοιχαλίδι — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/moichalidos_3428.htm">μοιχαλίδος — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/moichalis_3428.htm">μοιχαλὶς — 3 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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/3427.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="3427"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="3427" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/3429.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="3429"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="3429" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>