Matthew 19:18:12Matt.19.18.W12TAB
μοιχεύσεις,
moikheuseis
“commit adultery”
- Transliteration
- moi-KHEU-seis
- Extended
- moi-KHEU-seis
- IPA
- /moi.ˈkʰeu.siːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- commit 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 | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
moi-KHEU-seis
- phraseyour reading level
OO moi-KHEU-seis
- clause
TO OO pho-NEU-seis OO moi-KHEU-seis OO KLEP-seis OO pseu-do-mar-ty-RÊ-seis
- sentence
HO DE ee-ay-SOOS EI-pen TO OO pho-NEU-seis OO moi-KHEU-seis OO KLEP-seis OO pseu-do-mar-ty-RÊ-seis
Exegesis
Greek then uses a series of prohibitions each formed with the negative particle Ou {Οὐ | Ou} plus future indicative verbs: Ou phoneuseis {Οὐ φονεύσεις | Ou pho-neú-seis} ‘you will not murder’, Ou moicheuseis {Οὐ μοιχεύσεις | Ou moi-kheu-seis} ‘you will not commit adultery’, Ou klepseis {Οὐ κλέψεις | Ou klép-seis} ‘you will not steal’, Ou pseudomartyrēseis {Οὐ ψευδομαρτυρήσεις | Ou pseu-do-mar-tu-ré-seis} ‘you will not bear false witness’. The future indicative here has an imperatival force, echoing the Decalogue’s legal style. The repeated Ou before each verb creates rhythmic emphasis and treats each commandment as a distinct, weighty prohibition. In English, the list is rendered with repeated “You shall not” or “You must not” to preserve this emphasis and maintain the second person direct address.
Root and etymology
moicheuōmu–omicron–iota–chi–epsilon–upsilon–omega
“to commit adultery”
In context — Matthew 19:18
He said to Him, “Which ones?” But Jesus said, “This: ‘You shall not murder , you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness.’”
About this coordinate
Matthew 19:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Matthew 19:18, so the Greek word μοιχεύσεις, (moikheuseis) 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 Matt.19.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.19.18.W12.S1) and character.