ADULTERY

G3429

μοιχάω

moichaō

Thayer Definition:

1) to have unlawful intercourse with another’s wife, to commit adultery with

Part of Speech: verb

A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G3432

Used 4 times: always commit (-teth) adultery.

G3430

μοιχεία

moicheia

Thayer Definition:

1) adultery

Part of Speech: noun feminine

A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G3431

Used 4 times: adultery (-ies).

G3431

μοιχεύω

moicheuō

Thayer Definition:

1) to commit adultery

1a) to be an adulterer

1b) to commit adultery with, have unlawful intercourse with another’s wife

1c) of the wife: to suffer adultery, be debauched

1d) A Hebrew idiom, the word is used of those who at a woman’s solicitation are drawn away to idolatry, i.e. to the eating of things sacrificed to idols

Part of Speech: verb

A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G3432

Used 14 times: commit (-ted, -teth) adultery; in adultery.

G3432

μοιχός

moichos

Thayer Definition:

1) an adulterer

2) metaphorically one who is faithless toward God, ungodly

Part of Speech: noun masculine

A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: perhaps a primary word

Used 4 times: adulterers.

FORNICATION

G4202

πορνεία

porneia

Thayer Definition:

1) illicit sexual intercourse

1a) adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse with animals etc.

1b) sexual intercourse with close relatives; Lev. 18

1c) sexual intercourse with a divorced man or woman; Mar_10:11,Mar_10:12

2) metaphorically the worship of idols

2a) of the defilement of idolatry, as incurred by eating the sacrifices offered to idols

Part of Speech: noun feminine

A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G4203

Used 26 times: fornication (-s).

G4203

πορνεύω

porneuō

Thayer Definition:

1) to prostitute one’s body to the lust of another

2) to give one’s self to unlawful sexual intercourse

2a) to commit fornication

3) metaphorically to be given to idolatry, to worship idols

3a) to permit one’s self to be drawn away by another into idolatry

Part of Speech: verb

A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G4204

Used 8 times: commit (-ed, -teth) fornication.

G4204

πόρνη

pornē

Thayer Definition:

1) a woman who sells her body for sexual uses

1a) a prostitute, a harlot, one who yields herself to defilement for the sake of gain

1b) any woman indulging in unlawful sexual intercourse, whether for gain or for lust

2) metaphorically an idolatress

2a) of “Babylon,” i.e. Rome, the chief seat of idolatry

Part of Speech: noun feminine

A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G4205

Used 12 times: harlot (-s), whore.

G4205

πόρνος

pornos

Thayer Definition:

1) a man who prostitutes his body to another’s lust for hire

2) a male prostitute

3) a man who indulges in unlawful sexual intercourse, a fornicator

Part of Speech: noun masculine

A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from pernemi (to sell, akin to the base of G4097)

Used 10 times: fornicator (-s) whormonger (-s).

G1608

ἐκπορνεύω

ekporneuō

Thayer Definition:

1) to go a whoring, “give one’s self over to fornication”

Part of Speech: verb

A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G1537 and G4203

Only usage in Jude 1:7: giving themselves over to fornication.