μοιχείᾳ

moicheia

adultery

from μοιχεύω; adultery:--adultery.

G3430

John 8:3 · Word #9

Lexicon G3430

Lemmaμοιχεία
Transliterationmoicheía
Strong'sG3430
In-contextadultery
Literaladultery

Morphology N DAT F SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case DAT — Dative — Indirect object, means, or location
Gender F — Feminine — Grammatical feminine
Number SG — Singular — One

Lexical Info

Lemmaμοιχεία
Strong'sG3430

SIBI-P1 G3430-01

in adulterous unfaithfulness

Morphological NotesGr,N,,,,,DFS — noun, dative feminine singular; from μοιχεία, derived from μοιχεύω (to commit adultery). The dative case can express sphere, means, or reference.
Rendering RationaleThe rendering preserves the core sense of μοιχεία as covenant-breaking sexual unfaithfulness. The dative singular form (μοιχείᾳ) is reflected by "in," conveying the dative sense of sphere or circumstance, while maintaining the singular feminine noun.

View full lexicon entry for G3430 →

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root μοιχεία (adultery, marital unfaithfulness, violation of the marriage covenant)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G3430-02 moicheiai adultery-acts

Word Usage (3 occurrences of G3430)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Matthew 15:19 μοιχεῖαι moicheiai
Mark 7:22 μοιχεῖαι moicheiai adulteries
John 8:3 μοιχείᾳ moicheia adultery