adultery-acts
| Root | μοιχεία (moicheia) |
| Core Meanings | adultery, marital unfaithfulness, violation of the marriage covenant |
| Semantic Range | literal marital infidelity; sexual relations with someone other than one’s spouse; metaphorical covenant unfaithfulness (especially toward God); moral impurity associated with broken fidelity |
| Conceptual Significance | In biblical thought, μοιχεία signifies not only a social and moral violation of marriage but also serves as a powerful metaphor for covenant unfaithfulness toward God. Its plural usage can emphasize repeated or characteristic acts of betrayal, intensifying the moral indictment. |
| Morphological Notes | Noun, nominative feminine plural (Gr,N,,,,,NFP,); from μοιχεύω ("to commit adultery"). The form denotes multiple instances of the act of marital unfaithfulness. |
| Rendering Rationale | The rendering "adultery-acts" preserves the concrete sense of μοιχεία as specific violations of the marriage covenant, rather than an abstract concept alone. The plural form reflects the nominative feminine plural morphology (NFP), indicating multiple acts or instances of adultery functioning as the subject of the clause. |
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