Lexicon mómos: blame, disgrace, blemish Original Word: μῶμος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: mómos Phonetic Spelling: (mo'-mos) Short Definition: a blemish, disgrace Definition: a blemish, disgrace; blame. HELPS word-Studies 3470 mṓmos – literally, a blemish (spot, blot); (figuratively) what spoils a reputation, causing undue blame (disgrace, censure). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definitionblame, disgrace, blemish NASB Translationblemishes (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3470: μῶμοςμῶμος, μωμου, ὁ (perhaps akin to μύω, Curtius, § 478; cf. Vanicek, p. 732), blemish, blot, disgrace; 1. censure. 2. insult: of men who are a disgrace to a society, 2 Peter 2:13 (A. V. blemishes). (From Homer down; the Sept. for מוּם, of bodily defects and blemishes, Leviticus 21:16ff; Deuteronomy 15:21; Song of Solomon 4:7; Daniel 1:4; of a mental defect, fault, Sir. 20:24(23).)
Strong's blemish. Perhaps from memphomai; a flaw or blot, i.e. (figuratively) disgraceful person -- blemish. see GREEK memphomai |
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