μοιχός G3432
adulterer, one who commits adultery
An adulterer is one who commits sexual unfaithfulness in marriage. The Pharisee in Jesus' parable thanks God he's not like 'adulterers' (Luke 18:11). Paul warns that adulterers won't inherit God's kingdom (1 Cor 6:9). Hebrews declares that 'God will judge adulterers' (Heb 13:4). The term is consistently masculine but represents the category generally. The translations—'adúlteros,' 'Ehebrecher,' 'adultère'—uniformly designate those who violate marital fidelity.
Senses
1. sense 1 — An adulterer, one who commits adultery or sexual unfaithfulness in marriage. The term appears in moral catalogs (Luke 18:11's Pharisee contrasting himself, 1 Cor 6:9 listing those excluded from God's kingdom) and warnings (Heb 13:4 on divine judgment). The Greek μοιχός is grammatically masculine but functionally includes both sexes in the category of covenant-breakers. Universal translation as 'adulterer' across languages reflects the clear moral designation. 3×
AR["الزُّناةُ", "زُناةٍ", "فَاسِقِينَ"]·ben["পরকীয়াকারীরা,", "ব্যভিচারী", "ব্যভিচারীদের"]·DE["Ehebrecher", "μοιχοί"]·EN["adulterers"]·FR["adultère"]·heb["נוֹאֲפִים"]·HI["व्यभिचारियों-का", "व्यभिचारी"]·ID["pezina", "pezinah,"]·IT["adultero", "moichoi", "moichous"]·jav["jina,", "tiyang-laku-jina", "tiyang-laku-jina,"]·KO["간음하는-자들", "간음하는-자들-을"]·PT["adúlteros"]·RU["прелюбодеев", "прелюбодеи", "прелюбодеи,"]·ES["adúlteros"]·SW["wafanya-uzinzi,", "wazinzi", "wazinzi,"]·TR["zina edenler", "zina-edenler", "zinacıları"]·urd["زناکار", "زناکاروں-کو"]
Related Senses
H2896a 1. good (quality or moral) (305×)H7563 1. wicked person (259×)H7451c 1. moral evil or wickedness (234×)H5771 1. iniquity, sin, wrongdoing (222×)H6662 1. righteous person (substantive) (195×)G0266 1. sin, failure, transgression (173×)H2403b 1. sin, transgression (170×)H2617a 1. Covenant faithfulness, steadfast love (167×)H2398 1. Qal: to sin, commit sin (165×)H6666 1. righteousness, moral uprightness (145×)G5485 1. grace, divine favor (141×)H7451a 1. morally evil, wicked (129×)H2403b 2. sin-offering, sacrifice for sin (120×)G2570 1. good, right, excellent (98×)H6588 1. transgression, offense against God (88×)G0018 1. good (moral quality) (85×)H2896b 1. good, what is good (85×)H7451b 1. evil, wickedness (moral) (83×)H7451a 2. evil, harm, calamity (80×)G1342 1. righteous, upright (of persons) (70×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
μοιχός, ὁ, adulterer, paramour, Refs 6th c.BC+; κεκαρμένος μοιχὸν μιᾷ μαχαίρᾳ having the head close shaven with a razor, as was done by way of punishment to persons taken in adultery, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II generally, paramour, of a sodomite, Refs 3rd c.AD+ __III idolatrous person, NT