Moichao means “commit adultery” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3429 — yoshebbashshebeth (“that sat in the seat”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3429 μοιχάω (moichao) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. moichao (moy-khah'-o) v. 1. (middle voice) to commit adultery [from G3432] It has 4 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include commit and adultery. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
moichao (moy-khah'-o) v. 1. (middle voice) to commit adultery [from G3432] KJV: commit adultery Root(s): G3432
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3429. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to commit adultery
Usage: μοιχάω, -ῶ (= cl. μοιχεύω), [in LXX (mid., absol. and with accusative, with party of either sex as subj.) : Jer.3:8 5:7 7:9 9:2 23:14 29:23, Eze.16:32 23:37, 43 (נָאַף) * ;] to commit adultery with: with accusative, fem. In NT always mid, in same sense; of the man : absol., Mat.5:32 19:9 (WH, txt., R, mg., om.); before ἐπ᾽ αὐτήν, Mrk.10:11; of the woman: Mrk.10:12.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render moichao, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3429.
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3429, grouped by book.
Moichao (Strong's G3429) is a Greek word most simply glossed "commit adultery". moichao (moy-khah'-o) v. 1. (middle voice) to commit adultery [from G3432]
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's G3429 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3429 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as commit and adultery. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.