Lexical Summary mōmos: blame, disgrace, blemish Original Word: μῶμοςTransliteration: mōmos Phonetic Spelling: (mo'-mos) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: blame, disgrace, blemish Meaning: blame, disgrace, blemish Strong's Concordance blemish. Perhaps from memphomai; a flaw or blot, i.e. (figuratively) disgraceful person -- blemish. see GREEK memphomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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).) |
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