Lexical Summary alisgēma: pollution Original Word: ἀλίσγημαTransliteration: alisgēma Phonetic Spelling: (al-is'-ghem-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: pollution Meaning: pollution Strong's Concordance pollution. From alisgeo (to soil); (ceremonially) defilement -- pollution. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 234: ἀλίσγημαἀλίσγημα, (τος, τό (ἀλισγέω, to pollute, which occurs Sir. 40:29; Daniel 1:8; Malachi 1:7, 12; akin to ἀλίνω, ἀλινέω to besmear (Latinlinere, cf. Lob. Pathol. Element., p. 21; Rhemat., p. 123; Stephanus Thesaurus, Hesychius, Sturz, De Dial. Alex., p. 145)), pollution, contamination: Acts 15:20 (τοῦ ἀπέχεσθαι κτλ. to beware of pollution from the use of meats left from the heathen sacrifices, cf. Acts 15:29). Neither ἀλισγέω nor ἀλίσγημα occurs in Greek writings. |