The corpus record

μοιχ-άω

moichao

have dalliance with

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Where it lives

James 1 · 5.85/10k
Mark 3 · 2.73/10k
Jeremias 6 · 2.16/10k
Psalmi Salomonis 1 · 2.1/10k
Matthew 2 · 1.12/10k
Ezechiel 3 · 1.04/10k
Luke 1 · 0.52/10k
Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

μοιχ-άω · moich-aō — LSJ

have dalliance with, commit adultery, to be unfaithful to God

= μοιχεύω I: metaph., μοιχᾶν τὴν θάλατταν have dalliance with the sea, applied by Callicratidas to Conon, X. HG 1.6.15:— Pass., commit adultery, of a man, Ev.Matt. 5.32; of a woman, Ev.Marc. 10.12: metaph., to be unfaithful to God, LXX Je. 3.8, Ez. 23.37.

2 falsify

falsify, Ael. NA 7.39.

In the wild

μοιχεῦσαι · moicheusai Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
μοιχεῦσαι · moicheusai Aristotle, Rhetoric 1
μοιχεύσῃς · moicheusēis New Testament, James 2.11 (DIORISIS sentence 36)
μοιχεύσῃς · moicheusēis New Testament, Luke 18.20 (DIORISIS sentence 929)
μοιχᾶται · moichatai New Testament, Mark 10.11 (DIORISIS sentence 429)
μοιχᾶται · moichatai New Testament, Mark 10.11 (DIORISIS sentence 429)

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