KJV dictionary & concordance
Women guilty of adultery.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Ezekiel 23:45
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
¶ And the righteous men, they shall iudge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their handes.
1611 marginal noteChap.16.38.
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Ye adulterers, and adulteresses, know yee not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoeuer therefore will be a friend of the world, is the enemy of God.
Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
The same women called adulteresses are expressly said to have committed adultery. This confirms the action relation for that referent but does not exhaust the figurative application in James.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
