Mark 10:12:10Mark.10.12.W10TAB
μοιχᾶται
moikhatai
“commits adultery”
- Transliteration
- moi-KHA-tai
- Extended
- moi-KHAH-tai
- IPA
- /moiˈkʰa.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- commits adultery
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
moi-KHA-tai
- sentence
KAI e-AN au-TEE a-po-LY-sa-sa ton AN-dra au-TÊS ga-MÊ-sê AL-lon moi-KHA-tai
Exegesis
The apodosis is expressed by the present middle/passive indicative moichatai {μοιχᾶται | moichâtai}, which gives a gnomic, timeless statement of consequence: in such a case, “she commits adultery.” The move from aorist forms in the protasis (completed, decisive actions of divorce and remarriage) to the present in the apodosis underscores an ongoing moral status that results. In translation, the aorist participle is rendered as a finite verb (“divorces” or “puts away”) for clarity, while the conditional nuance of the subjunctive is preserved with “if … marries,” maintaining the cause-and-result relationship between the divorce–remarriage sequence and the declaration of adultery.
Root and etymology
moichaōmu–omicron–iota–chi–alpha–omega
“to commit adultery”
In context — Mark 10:12
And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery .
About this coordinate
Mark 10:12:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Mark 10:12, so the Greek word μοιχᾶται (moikhatai) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Mark.10.12.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.12.W10.S1) and character.