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adultery, adulterous, adulterer, adulteress
Definition
Adultery is when a married person has sexual relations with someone who is not his spouse. The term "adulterous" describes a person who commits this sin.
- An "adulterer" is a person who sins by committing adultery. The term "adulteress" is often used to refer specifically to woman who commits adultery.
- Adultery breaks the promises that a husband and wife made to each other in their covenant of marriage.
- God commanded the Israelites to not commit adultery.
- The term "adulterous" is often used in a figurative sense to describe the people of Israel as being unfaithful to God, especially when they worshiped false gods.
Translation Suggestions
- If the target language does not have one word that means "adultery," this term could be translated with a phrase such as, "having sexual relations with someone else's wife."
- Some languages may have an indirect way of talking about adultery, such as "sleeping with someone else's spouse" or "being unfaithful to one's wife."