KJV dictionary & concordance

adulteress

Meaning of “adulteress”

A woman who commits adultery; a married woman sexually unfaithful to her husband.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

5 occurrences4 verses4 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Leviticus 20:10

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Every verse containing “adulteress”

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Leviticus 20:10

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¶ And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Leviticus 20:10 · retained source text

¶ And the man that committeth adulterie with another mans wife, euen he that committeth adulterie with his neighbours wife, the adulterer, and the adulteresse shall surely bee put to death.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 22.22. iohn 8.4.

Proverbs 6:26

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For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

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1611 witness · Proverbs 6:26 · retained source text

For by meanes of a whorish woman, a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteresse will hunt for the precious life.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the woman of a man, or a mans wife.

Hosea 3:1

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THEN said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Hosea 3:1 · retained source text

¶ Then said the LORD vnto me, Goe yet, loue a woman (beloued of her friend, yet an adulteresse) according to the loue of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who looke to other gods, and loue flagons of wine.

1611 marginal noteHeb. of grapes.

Romans 7:3

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So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

2 word occurrences in this verse

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1611 witness · Romans 7:3 · retained source text

So then if while her husband liueth, shee be married to another man, shee shalbe called an adulteresse: but if her husband be dead, shee is free from that law, so that she is no adulteresse, though she be married to another man.

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Definition evidence

1 · KJV context and cross-references

Leviticus 20:10 Proverbs 6:26 Hosea 3:1 Romans 7:3

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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A married woman guilty of sexual unfaithfulness.

volume 1, leaf 130, column 1 (main_dictionary)