Midvash

μοιχαλίςmoichalís

an adulteress (literally or figuratively)

Greek (New Testament) · G3428

Meanings

a word unknown to the earlier writ. but found in Plut., Heliod., al.; see Lob. ad Phryn. p. 452; [W. 24]; Sept. for נֹאֶפֶת (Ezek. xvi. 38; xxiii. 45) and מְנָאֶפֶת (Hos. iii. 1; Prov. xxiv. 55 (xxx. 20)); an adulteress; a. prop.: Ro. vii. 3; ὀφθαλμοὶ μεστοὶ μοιχαλίδος, eyes always on the watch for an adul- teress, or from which adulterous desire beams forth, 2 Pet. ii. 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 (Ezek. xvi. 15 sqq.; xxiii. 43 sqq., etc.); hence μοιχαλίς is fig. equiv. to faithless to God, unclean, apostate: Jas. iv. 4 [where cf. Alford]; as an adj. (cf. Matthiae § 429, 4), γενεὰ μοιχ.: Mt. xii. 39; xvi. 4; Mk. viii. 38. [Cf. Clem. Alex. strom. vi. c. 16 § 146 p. 292, 5 ed. Sylb.]*

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 7 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 12:39 But Jesus replied, “Only an evil, adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign; but the only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah.
  • Matthew 16:4 Only an evil, adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign, but the only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah.” Then Jesus left them and went away.
  • Mark 8:38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my message in these adulterous and sinful days, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
  • Romans 7:3 So while her husband is alive, she would be committing adultery if she married another man. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law and does not commit adultery when she remarries.
  • James 4:4 You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.
  • 2 Peter 2:14 They commit adultery with their eyes, and their desire for sin is never satisfied. They lure unstable people into sin, and they are well trained in greed. They live under God’s curse.
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Source: J. H. Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain.