Strong G273ἄμεμπτος
blameless
- Transliteration
- amemptos
- Pronunciation
- am'-emp-tos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἄ-μεμπτος, -ον
(μέμφομσι), [in LXX chiefly for תָּם;]
blameless, free from fault (in π. of a marriage-contract; M, Th., I, 3:13; cf. MM, VGT, see word): Luk.1:6, Php.2:15 3:6, 1Th.3:13 (WH, mg., -ως) Heb.8:7.†
SYN.: ἄμωμος, ἀνέγκλητος, ἀνεπίλημπτος, which see (Tr., Syn., § ciii) (AS)
(μέμφομσι), [in LXX chiefly for תָּם;]
blameless, free from fault (in π. of a marriage-contract; M, Th., I, 3:13; cf. MM, VGT, see word): Luk.1:6, Php.2:15 3:6, 1Th.3:13 (WH, mg., -ως) Heb.8:7.†
SYN.: ἄμωμος, ἀνέγκλητος, ἀνεπίλημπτος, which see (Tr., Syn., § ciii) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G273 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- blameless3
- faultless1
- unblameable1
First verses
- Luke 1:6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
- Philippians 2:15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
- Philippians 3:6Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:13To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
- Hebrews 8:7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄμεμπτος, ον,
blameless, without reproach, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1158, “Cyc.” 342; ἀμέμπτους ὑμᾶς ἐδείξατε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.216)]; ἄ. χρόνου in regard of time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 692; ἄ. τἆλλα 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 521; πρός τι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 629(uncertain); ἄ. ὑπὸ τῶν φίλων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 6.8)]; ἄ. ἐκείνῃ without blame to her, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 35)]: comparative -ότερος less blameworthy, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agesilaus” 5.)]
2 of things, perfect in its kind, δεῖπνον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.2; δίκη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 945d; ἄ. πάντα ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.10.2)]. adverb -τως irreproachably, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 269, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1465, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.10, “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.64.)]
II active, not blaming, well content, ἄμεμπτόν τινα ποιεῖν or ποιεῖσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.52, 8.4.28.)]adverb -τως, δέχεσθαί τινα[Refs ([prev. work] 4.2.37.)]
blameless, without reproach, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1158, “Cyc.” 342; ἀμέμπτους ὑμᾶς ἐδείξατε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.216)]; ἄ. χρόνου in regard of time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 692; ἄ. τἆλλα 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 521; πρός τι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 629(uncertain); ἄ. ὑπὸ τῶν φίλων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 6.8)]; ἄ. ἐκείνῃ without blame to her, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 35)]: comparative -ότερος less blameworthy, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agesilaus” 5.)]
2 of things, perfect in its kind, δεῖπνον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.2; δίκη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 945d; ἄ. πάντα ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.10.2)]. adverb -τως irreproachably, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 269, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1465, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.10, “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.64.)]
II active, not blaming, well content, ἄμεμπτόν τινα ποιεῖν or ποιεῖσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.52, 8.4.28.)]adverb -τως, δέχεσθαί τινα[Refs ([prev. work] 4.2.37.)]