moicheuō · commit adultery

What it means

moicheuō (μοιχεύω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “commit adultery”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To sleep with someone else's spouse.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• commit adultery ×11
• commits adultery ×2
• committed adultery with ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Mark×1
• Luke×3
• Romans×3
• James×2
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 5:27

  “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

• Matthew 5:28

  But I tell you that everyone who looks at a woman in order to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

• Matthew 5:32

  But I tell you that everyone who sends away his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who has been sent away commits adultery.

• Matthew 19:18

  He says to him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, “ ‘You shall not murder; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness;

• Mark 10:19

  You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’”

• Luke 16:18

  Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

• Luke 18:20

  You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”

• Romans 2:22

  You who say not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

• Romans 13:9

  For: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not covet; and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

• James 2:11

  For the one who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not murder. And if you do not commit adultery but you murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

• Revelation 2:22

  Look, I am throwing her onto a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great affliction, unless they change their minds from her works.

And 3 more times.