Lexicon aspilos: spotless, unstained Original Word: ἄσπιλος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: aspilos Phonetic Spelling: (as'-pee-los) Short Definition: unstained, undefiled Definition: unstained, undefiled, spotless, pure. HELPS word-Studies 784 áspilos (an adjective, derived from 1 /A "without" and 4696 /spílos, "spot, blemish") – properly, unspotted (unstained); (figuratively) undefiled and hence fully acceptable. 784 /áspilos ("unspotted," literally, "without spot or stain") refers to what is morally (spiritually) untainted, i.e. morally unblemished (pure) – "free from censure, irreproachable, free from vice, unsullied" (K. Wuest). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom alpha (as a neg. prefix) and spilosDefinitionspotless, unstained NASB Translationspotless (2), stain (1), unstained (1), without* (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 784: ἄσπιλοςἄσπιλος, ἄσπιλον ( σπίλος a spot), spotless: ἀμνός, 1 Peter 1:19; ( ἵππος, Herodian, 5, 6, 16 (7, Bekker edition); μῆλον, Anthol. Pal. 6, 252, 3). metaphorically, free from censure, irreproachable, 1 Timothy 6:14; free from vice, unsullied, 2 Peter 3:14; ἀπό τοῦ κόσμου, James 1:27 ( Buttmann, § 132, 5). (In ecclesiastical writings.)
Strong's without spot, unstained From a (as a negative particle) and spiloo; unblemished (physically or morally) -- without spot, unspotted. see GREEK a see GREEK spiloo |
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