ΜΟΙΧΕΙΑΝ, μοιχειαν
MOICHEIAN, moicheian
Sounds Like: moy-KHEI-an
Translations: adultery, an adultery, fornication
From the root: ΜΟΙΧΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of adultery, which is sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than their spouse. It is often used in a moral or legal context to describe illicit sexual relations. In the provided examples, it is listed alongside other vices like corruption and covetousness.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3431 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:73
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 30:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 12:274
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 6:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Hosea — 2:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΟΙΧΕΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΕἸΣΜΟΙΧΕΙΑΝ — adultery, an adultery, into adultery, for adultery
- ΜΟΙΧΕΙΑ — adultery, a adultery
- ΜΟΙΧΕΙΑΙ — adulteries, acts of adultery
- ΜΟΙΧΕΙΑΣ — of adultery, of fornication, of sexual immorality
- ΜΟΙΧΙΑΙ — adulteries, acts of adultery
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