What does μοιχός (moichós) mean in the Bible?
μοιχός (moichós): One who violates marital covenant through sexual infidelity; figuratively, one unfaithful to God.
Greek · G3432
μοιχός
A (male) paramour; figuratively, apostate
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μοιχός G3432
Pronunciation moichós
What does μοιχός (moichós) mean in the Bible?
μοιχός (moichós): One who violates marital covenant through sexual infidelity; figuratively, one unfaithful to God.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3432?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include adulterers (3).
Where does μοιχός (moichós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 18:11. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), Hebrews (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It adulterers 3× Luke 18:11, 1 Corinthians 6:9, Hebrews 13:4
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 18:11
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Luke 1 1 Corinthians 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
μοιχοί 1x moichoi Luke 18:11
μοιχοὶ 1x moichoi 1 Corinthians 6:9
μοιχοὺς 1x moichous Hebrews 13:4
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Luke 18:11, 1 Corinthians 6:9
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Hebrews 13:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. One who violates marital covenant through sexual infidelity; figuratively, one unfaithful to God.
Strong's G3432
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a (male) paramour; figuratively, apostate
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 18:11 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
μοιχοί, moicoi
an adulterer
Read verse 1 Corinthians 6:9 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
μοιχοί, moicoi
an adulterer
Read verse Hebrews 13:4 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
μοιχοὺς moicouv
an adulterer
Read verse James 4:4 Noun Plural Masculine
μοιχοὶ moicoi
an adulterer
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 18:11 · 1 Cor 6:9 2×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Heb 13:4 1×
Word Origins
μοιχός is a primary word - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain