adulterer

noun

«adulterer» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

Leviticus makes adultery a crime punishable by death for both people.

Interpretation. The rabbis counted adultery as one of the three gravest sins, and saw marriage as a sacred bond that must be guarded.

A married person who has a sexual relationship with someone else's husband or wife; here, a man who does so with another man's wife. tree →

And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. (Torah LEV.20.10, JPS 1917) tree →
For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. (Prophets JER.9.1, JPS 1917) tree →
When thou sawest a thief, thou hadst company with him, and with adulterers was thy portion. (Writings PSA.50.18, JPS 1917) tree →
But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot. (Prophets ISA.57.3, JPS 1917) tree →

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