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GreekG3392Verb

μιαίνω

miainō

4Occurrences
G3392Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to sully or taint, i.e. contaminate (ceremonially or morally)

perhaps a primary verb;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.to dye or stain.
2.to stain, defile, soil
(a)in physical sense
(b)in moral sense
(with)in ritual sense (cf.
Synonyms
μολύνω, to besmear, which also differs from μ. in that it is never used, as μ. in its primary meaning, in an honourable sense
LXX: chiefly for טָמֵא

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

μιαίνω appears 4 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Hebrews
1
John
1
Jude
1
Titus
1

Key Passages

Hebrews 12:15BSB

See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.

John 18:28BSB

Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

Jude 1:8BSB

Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.

Titus 1:15BSB

To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.