Strong G784ἄσπιλος
spotless
- Transliteration
- aspilos
- Pronunciation
- as'-pee-los
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἄ-σπιλος, -ον
(ἀ- neg., σπῖλος) [in Sm.: Job.15:15 (LXX, καθαρός)*;]
spotless, unstained: 1Pe.1:19; metaphorically, 1Ti.6:14, Jas.1:27, 2Pe.3:14 (for exx., see MM, see word).†
SYN.: ἀμίαντος, ἄμωμος (AS)
(ἀ- neg., σπῖλος) [in Sm.: Job.15:15 (LXX, καθαρός)*;]
spotless, unstained: 1Pe.1:19; metaphorically, 1Ti.6:14, Jas.1:27, 2Pe.3:14 (for exx., see MM, see word).†
SYN.: ἀμίαντος, ἄμωμος (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G784 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- spot3
- unspotted1
First verses
- 1 Timothy 6:14That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
- James 1:27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
- 1 Peter 1:19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
- 2 Peter 3:14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄσπῐλ-ος, ον,
literal stainless: hence, faultless, without blemish, λίθοι[NT+1st c.AD+ (“IG” 2.1054c4, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 6.252 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus), NT.1Tim.6.14, NT.1Pet.1.19, etc.; ἄ. ἀπὸ παντὸς κινδύνου “PMag.Leid.V.” 8.11)]: comparative and superlative variants for {ἀσπίλωτος} in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.167.)]
II ἄσπιλος· χειμάρρους [Refs 1st c.AD+ ((1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
literal stainless: hence, faultless, without blemish, λίθοι[NT+1st c.AD+ (“IG” 2.1054c4, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 6.252 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus), NT.1Tim.6.14, NT.1Pet.1.19, etc.; ἄ. ἀπὸ παντὸς κινδύνου “PMag.Leid.V.” 8.11)]: comparative and superlative variants for {ἀσπίλωτος} in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.167.)]
II ἄσπιλος· χειμάρρους [Refs 1st c.AD+ ((1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]