Strong's Concordance moichalis: an adulteress Original Word: μοιχαλίς, ίδος, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: moichalis Phonetic Spelling: (moy-khal-is') Short Definition: an adulteress Definition: (a) an adulteress (that is, a married woman who commits adultery), (b) Hebraistically: extended to those who worship any other than the true God. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3428: μοιχαλίςμοιχαλίς, μοιχαλίδος, ἡ (μοιχός), a word unknown to the earlier writers but found in Plutarch, Heliodorus, others; see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 452; (Winers Grammar, 24); the Sept. for נֹאֶפֶת (Ezekiel 16:38; Ezekiel 23:45) and מְנָאֶפֶת (Hosea 3:1; Proverbs 24:55 a. properly: Romans 7:3; ὀφθαλμοί μεστοί μοιχαλίδος, eyes always on the watch for an adulteress, or from which adulterous desire beams forth, 2 Peter 2:14. b. 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 the harlot (Ezekiel 16:15ff; 23:43ff, etc.); hence, μοιχαλίς is figuratively equivalent to faithless to God, unclean, apostate: James 4:4 (where cf. Alford); as an adjective (cf. Matthiae, § 429, 4), γενεά ... μοιχαλίς: Matthew 12:39; Matthew 16:4; Mark 8:38. (Cf. Clement of Alexandria, strom. vi. c. 16 § 146, p. 292, 5 edition Sylb.) A prolonged form of the feminine of moichos; an adulteress (literally or figuratively) -- adulteress(-ous, -y). see GREEK moichos Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 34287 Occurrences μοιχαλίδα — 1 Occ. μοιχαλίδες — 1 Occ. μοιχαλίδι — 1 Occ. μοιχαλίδος — 1 Occ. μοιχαλὶς — 3 Occ. Matthew 12:39 N-NFS GRK: πονηρὰ καὶ μοιχαλὶς σημεῖον ἐπιζητεῖ NAS: to them, An evil and adulterous generation KJV: and adulterous generation INT: evil and adulterous a sign seeks for Matthew 16:4 N-NFS Mark 8:38 N-DFS Romans 7:3 N-NFS Romans 7:3 N-AFS James 4:4 N-VFP 2 Peter 2:14 N-GFS |
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