ADULTERY
The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon
| Strong's Number: 05003 | Browse Lexicon | | Original Word | Word Origin | | @an | a primitive root | | Transliterated Word | TDNT Entry | | Na'aph | TWOT - 1273 | | Phonetic Spelling | Parts of Speech | naw-af'  | Verb | | | Definition | - to commit adultery
- (Qal)
- to commit adultery 1a
- usually of man 1a
- always with wife of another 1a
- adultery (of women) (participle)
- idolatrous worship (fig.)
- (Piel)
- to commit adultery 1b
- of man 1b
- adultery (of women) (participle)
- idolatrous worship (fig.)
| | | | King James Word Usage - Total: 31 | | adultery 17, adulterer 8, adulteress 4, adulterous 1, women that break wedlock 1 | | | | |
The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.
As one can plainly see in STRONG's CONCORDANCE the modern day usage of the word "adultery" is clearly NOT the biblical usage of the word. According to the Hebrew usage of the word "adultery", (Na'aph) is ALWAYS committed with the WIFE of another man - usually with a man. Fornication, on the other hand, uses a much broader definition that not only includes the definition of adultery but also includes all other forms of sexual promiscuity and immorality �?in other words, harlotry.
Now let's look at what the ONLY WISE GOD called "fornication" :
FORNICATION
The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon
| Strong's Number: 08457 | Browse Lexicon | | Original Word | Word Origin | | twnzt | from (02181) | | Transliterated Word | TDNT Entry | | Taznuwth | TWOT - 563c | | Phonetic Spelling | Parts of Speech | | taz-nooth' | Noun Feminine | | | Definition | - fornication, harlotry
| | | | King James Word Usage - Total: 20 | | whoredom 18, fornication 2 | | | | | KJV Verse Count | | Ezekiel | 19 |
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| | Total | 19 | |
The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.
Usually when we think of the word "adultery" today, we tend to think of marital unfaithfulness with respect to either spouse. Although either spouse may be capable of committing the act of adultery, marital unfaithfulness is not limited to the physical act of sexual intercourse with another man's wife. To be true to the definition of the actual word however, adultery is precisely this:
The act of committing sexual intercourse with another man's wife.
All other definitions do not apply literally. All other definitions are modern and non-biblical.
Fornication is defined by a much broader definition than adultery and basically covers all forms of immoral sex sin. Not all sex is sinful as some churches teach. Scripture does not support this myth: God does not command people to commit sin; but God has indeed commanded people to have sex. (Genesis 1:28) This is something many churches tend to forget. We could use all sorts of examples with words to metaphorically represent an entire range of concepts symbolically, but it is very important to stay focused on the actual. Just because Jesus compared Himself to a female chicken doesn't mean that He wanted people to think that He was a hen. We can argue about spiritual implications from sun-up to sun-down all we wish; but this will not change the literal definition of any word any more than we can turn ourselves into frogs. A rose by any other name is still a rose. A spade is still a shovel.
Despite what the secular humanists and public educators want the definitions of the words in our Holy Bible to mean, Godly men and women should stay with the original meanings of such words and tell these social engineers to mind their own business. If these secular humanists require words to define their New Age definitions of reality then let them invent their own - just leave our Holy Bible alone! I personally find there is little in the rendering of our English language more frustrating than those historical revisionists and manipulators of diction who secretly desire to change the meaning of our words to the extent that they alter our interpretation of history and the Holy Bible. This is confusion. For those of you who have not yet done so, read George Orwell's 1984 and learn about NEWSPEAK because this is EXACTLY what is occuring in our culture today.
. . . And it is all part of the devil's plan. Just think: If we would be so foolish as to embrace the New Age definition of adultery then people will argue that adultery is justifiable since nearly all the righteous and Godly men of the Bible are really "adulterers" according to their NEW AGE definition of the word in our NEW AGE English language. Let's call a spade a spade here and leave it at that. Adultery is the act of taking another man's wife. PERIOD. Fornication is harlotry. PERIOD. Keep it simple and avoid confusion.
May the Lord Jesus bless you with the knowledge of the truth
JT
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