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H5003 -- נָאַף (naaph)¶

Transliteration: naaph
Pronunciation: naw-af
Part of Speech: verb
Occurrences: 31 (BLB count)
Definition: A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize
Translations: adulterer(-ess), commit(-ing) adultery, woman that breaketh wedlock
Key verses: Exo 20:14; Lev 20:10 (5x); Deu 5:17; Job 24:15 (2x); Psa 50:18; Pro 6:32 (2x); Pro 30:20 (2x); Isa 57:3 (2x); Jer 3:8-9; 5:7 (2x); 7:9 (2x); 9:1-2; 23:10,14 (2x); 29:23 (2x); Ezk 16:32,38 (2x); 23:37 (3x); 23:45; Hos 3:1; 4:2 (2x); 4:13 (2x); 4:14 (2x); 7:4; Mal 3:5
Translation distribution: 9.4% "adulterers," 6.2% "committeth adultery," various other forms

Transliteration: zanah
Pronunciation: zaw-naw
Part of Speech: verb
Occurrences: 93
Definition: A primitive root [highly fed and therefore wanton]; to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry
Translations: commit fornication, continually, great, harlot, whore, whoredom, go a-whoring, whorish
Key verses: Gen 34:31; 38:15,24; Exo 34:15-16; Lev 17:7; 19:29; 20:5-6; Num 5:19; 25:1; Deu 22:21; 23:19; 31:16; Jos 2:1; 6:17,22,25; Jdg 2:17; 8:27,33; 11:1; 16:1; 19:2; many prophetic passages (Isa, Jer, Ezk, Hos)
Note: Broader than H5003 -- covers harlotry, fornication, and figurative idolatry

Transliteration: bagad
Pronunciation: baw-gad
Part of Speech: verb
Occurrences: 49
Definition: A primitive root; to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
Translations: deal deceitfully/treacherously/unfaithfully, offend, transgress, treacherous, unfaithful
Key verses for marital context: Jer 3:8,11,20 (3x); 5:11; Mal 2:10,11,14,15 (4x),16
Note: Used for marital unfaithfulness in Malachi 2:14-16 -- "dealt treacherously" against the wife of one's youth

Transliteration: moicheuo
Pronunciation: moy-khyoo
Part of Speech: verb
Occurrences: 14 (BLB); 17 total translation occurrences
Definition: To commit adultery
Key NT verses: Mat 5:27,28,32; 19:9,18; Mrk 10:19; Luk 16:18; 18:20; Jhn 8:4; Rom 2:22; 13:9; Jas 2:11; Rev 2:22
Translation distribution: 35.3% "commit adultery," 17.6% "Thou shalt [not]," etc.
LXX connection: Used to translate H5003 (naaph) in Exo 20:14 and Deu 5:18

Transliteration: moichao
Pronunciation: moy-khah
Part of Speech: verb
Occurrences: 6
Definition: From G3432; (middle voice) to commit adultery
Key verses: Mat 5:32 (2x); 19:9; Mrk 10:11,12
Note: Used in the divorce/remarriage passages (middle voice); distinguished from G3431 in that it appears specifically in contexts of remarriage after divorce

Transliteration: porneia
Pronunciation: por-ni
Part of Speech: feminine noun
Occurrences: 26
Definition: Harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry
Translations: 76% "fornication," 8% "fornications," 8% "from fornication," etc.
Key verses: Mat 5:32; 15:19; 19:9; Mrk 7:21; Jhn 8:41; Acts 15:20,29; 21:25; Rom 1:29; 1 Cor 5:1; 6:12,13,18; 7:2; 2 Cor 12:21; Gal 5:19; Eph 5:3; Col 3:5; 1 Th 4:3; Rev 2:21; 9:21; 14:8; 17:2,4; 18:3; 19:2
Note: Broader than moicheia (adultery) -- includes all forms of sexual immorality. Key term in Mat 19:9 exception clause.

Transliteration: pornos
Pronunciation: por-nos
Part of Speech: masculine noun
Occurrences: 10
Definition: A (male) prostitute (as venal); by analogy, a debauchee (libertine)
Key verses: 1 Cor 5:9,10,11; 6:9; Eph 5:5; 1 Tim 1:10; Heb 12:16; 13:4; Rev 21:8; 22:15
Note: Translated "whoremonger" or "fornicator" in KJV; used in the eschatological exclusion lists

Transliteration: koite
Pronunciation: koy-tay
Part of Speech: feminine noun
Occurrences: 4
Definition: A couch; by extension, cohabitation; by implication, the male sperm
Key verses: Luk 11:7; Rom 9:10; 13:13; Heb 13:4
Note: In Heb 13:4 used as "bed" (marriage bed undefiled); in Rom 13:13 as "chambering" (illicit sexual activity)

Transliteration: apostasion
Pronunciation: ap-os-tas-ee-on
Part of Speech: neuter noun
Occurrences: 3
Definition: Properly, something separative; specifically, divorce
Key verses: Mat 5:31; 19:7; Mrk 10:4
OT connection: Translates the Hebrew concept in Deu 24:1,3 (bill of divorcement)

Transliteration: epithumeo
Pronunciation: ep-ee-thoo-meh-o
Part of Speech: verb
Occurrences: 16
Definition: To set the heart upon, i.e. long for (rightfully or otherwise)
Key verses: Exo 20:17 (2x); Deu 5:21; Mat 5:28 (2x); 13:17; Luk 15:16; 16:21; 17:22; 22:15; Acts 20:33; Rom 7:7; 13:9; 1 Cor 10:6; Gal 5:17; 1 Tim 3:1; Heb 6:11; Jas 4:2; 1 Pet 1:12; Rev 9:6
Note: Not inherently negative -- can mean righteous desire (Luk 22:15; 1 Tim 3:1; Heb 6:11) or sinful lust (Mat 5:28; Rom 7:7). In Mat 5:28, the context (πρὸς τὸ ἐπιθυμῆσαι = "for the purpose of lusting") makes clear the sinful intent.