![]() Now let’s look at the places the Bible defines adultery Whenever the adultery is described ( more than just “they committed adultery”) it always involves a married woman. You’ll find that same common thread in all of them. If you click the links, you can look at every single place those words are used. ![]() ![]() Every single one of them referred to a man having sex with another man’s wife. You may have noticed there’s a common thread among all of those definitions. No Technical definition given, but related to “naaph” above, so sharing the same definition. Technical Definition is: “ literally commit adultery usually of man, always with the wife of another with accusative woman” ( this is the word used in the Ten Commandments) “ נָאַף” ( naaph) a verb meaning “to commit adultery”.The technical definition is: “ an adulterer, that is, a man who is guilty with a married woman“ “ μοιχός” ( moichos) meaning “adulterer” (male).The technical definition is “to commit adultery with, have unlawful intercourse with another’s wife“ “ μοιχεύω” ( moicheuó) a verb meaning “I commit adultery”.The technical definition is also “adultery”, with nothing further given from the lexicon. The technical definition is: “ to have unlawful intercourse with another’s wife, to commit adultery with“ “ μοιχάομαι” ( moichaó) a verb meaning “to commit adultery”.The technical definition is: “ (a) an adulteress (that is, a married woman who commits adultery), (b) Hebraistically: extended to those who worship any other than the true God“ “ μοιχαλίς” ( moichalis) meaning “adulteress” (female).Here are the words I looked up: ( 5 Greek, 3 Hebrew) To do this, here is every word the Bible uses that’s translated “adultery. We’ll look at every place the Bible defines “adultery” to get a good definition for this sin. Adultery is a specific sin with a specific definition. However, the way we define adultery today is not the same way they defined it in the Bible. Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than that person’s current spouse Here is how we define adultery today, and I borrowed this definition of adultery from Merriam-Webster’s dictionary.
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