Strong's #3428: moichalis (pronounced moy-khal-is')
a prolonged form of the feminine of 3432; an adulteress (literally or figuratively):--adulteress(-ous, -y).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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moichalis
1) an adulteress
2) as the intimate alliance of God with the people of Israel was likened to a marriage, those who relapse into idolatry are said to commit adultery or play the harlot
2a) fig. equiv. to faithless to God, unclean, apostate
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Relation: a prolonged form of the feminine of G3432
Citing in TDNT: 4:729, 605
Usage:
This word is used 7 times:
Matthew 12:39: "unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and"
Matthew 16:4: "A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no"
Mark 8:38: "of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation;"
Romans 7:3: "to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead,"
Romans 7:3: "so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man."
James 4:4: "Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship"
2 Peter 2:14: "Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling"