Matthew 19:9:17Matt.19.9.W17TAB
μοιχᾶται
moikhatai
“commits adultery”
- Transliteration
- moi-KHA-tai
- Extended
- moi-KHA-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
LE-gô DE hy-MIN HO-ti HOS AN a-po-LY-sê TÊN gy-NAI-ka au-TOO MÊ e-PI por-NEI-a KAI ga-MÊ-sê AL-lên moi-KHA-tai KAI HO a-po-le-ly-MÊ-nên ga-MÊ-sas moi-KHA-tai
Exegesis
The coordinating kai {καὶ | kaí} ‘and’ links a second subjunctive gamēsē {γαμήσῃ | gamēsē} ‘may marry’ with the adjective állēn {ἄλλην | állēn} ‘another’, leading to moichâtai {μοιχᾶται | moichâtai} ‘commits adultery’, indicating the ongoing result.
The second clause’s kai {καὶ | kaí} ‘and’ plus ho {ὁ | ho} ‘the one’ with the perfect passive participle apolelyménēn {ἀπολελυμένην | apolelyménēn} ‘having been divorced’ and the aorist participle gamēsas {γαμήσας | gamēsas} ‘marrying her’ again culminates in moichâtai {μοιχᾶται | moichâtai} ‘commits adultery’. Rendering the relative-subjunctive and participial constructions as “whoever” or “anyone” and splitting the two kai-linked clauses into separate sentences clarifies the parallel judgments.
Root and etymology
moichosmu–omicron–iota–chi–omicron–sigma
“adulterer”
In context — Matthew 19:9
But I say to you, that whoever divorces his wife, except on account of sexual immorality , and marries another, commits adultery. And whoever marries the one who has been divorced also commits adultery .
About this coordinate
Matthew 19:9:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Matthew 19:9, 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 Matt.19.9.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.19.9.W17.S1) and character.