- μοιχεύω
- μοιχεύω fut. μοιχεύσω; 1 aor. ἐμοίχευσα. Pass.: 1 aor. pass. 3 sg. ἐμοιχεύθη Sir 23:23; inf. μοιχευθῆναι (Xenophanes, Hecataeus Mil., Aristoph., X. et al.; pap [s. bβ], LXX; TestSol 1:1f D; TestAbr B; Test12Patr; Philo; Jos., Ant. 16, 296 al.; Ar.; Just.; Tat., Orig.—HBogner, Was heisst μ.?: Her 76, ’41, 318–20) commit adultery.ⓐ of both sexes, w. ref. to the Ten Commandments (Ex 20:13; Dt 5:17): Mt 5:27; 19:18; Mk 10:19; Lk 18:20; Ro 13:9; Js 2:11ab. One or more of these pass. may refer to the man alone, as below.ⓑ of the man onlyα. abs.: Lk 16:18ab; Ro 2:22 (μὴ μοιχεύειν as Jos., Ant. 3, 92); 19:4; D 2:2.β. w. obj. τινά (γυναῖκα) commit adultery w. someone (Aristoph., Av. 558; Pla., Rep. 2, 360b; Lucian, Dial. Deor. 6, 3; Aristaenet., Ep. 1, 20; PSI 158, 45; TestAbr B 12 p. 116, 14 [Stone p. 80]; Ar. 9, 6; Just., A I, 5, 2; Tat. 34, 2; Hippol., Ref. 5, 23, 13. Cp. Lev 20:10) Mt 5:28 (cp. Epict. 2, 18, 15; Sextus 233). This explains the use of the passive in the case of a woman (Chariton 1, 4, 6 μοιχευομένην τὴν γυναῖκα; Achilles Tat. 6, 9, 7; Sir 23:23; Philo, Decal. 124; Jos., Ant. 7, 131) ποιεῖ αὐτὴν μοιχευθῆναι he causes her to commit adultery (if she contracts a subsequent marriage) Mt 5:32; 19:9 v.l. ἡ γυνὴ κατείληπται μοιχευομένη J 8:4 (JMcDonald, NTS 41, ’95, 415–27).γ. οἱ μοιχεύοντες μετʼ αὐτῆς Rv 2:22 is at least on the way to a fig. mng. (cp. Jer 3:9).—RCharles, The Teaching of the NT on Divorce 1921, 91ff; FDölger, Christl. u. hdn, Ächtung des Ehebr. in d. Kultsatzung: Ac III 132–48; GDelling, RAC IV, ’59, 666–80; JFitzmyer, Theological Studies 37, ’76, 197–226 (Mt).—DELG s.v. μοιχός. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.
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