μοιχεύω
moicheuō
“to commit adultery”
Definition
to commit adultery
from G3432 (μοιχός);
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Occurrences
μοιχεύω appears 12 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
“Which ones?” the man asked.Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”
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