Quick Definition
pollution, defilement
Strong's Definition
(morally) foulness (properly, the effect)
Derivation: from G3392 (μιαίνω) ("miasma");
KJV Usage: pollution
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μίασμα, μιασματος, τό (μιαίνω), "that which defiles (cf. καύχημα, 2); defilement" (Vulg.coinquinatio): tropically, μιάσματα τοῦ κόσμου, vices the foulness of which contaminates one in his contact with the ungodly mass of mankind, 2Pe_2:20. (Tragg., Antiphanes, Demosthenes, Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch; the Sept., Lev_7:8 (18); Jeremiah 39:34 (); Jdt_9:2; 1Ma_13:50.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μίασμα miasma 1x
pollution, moral defilement, corruption, 2Pe_2:20
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μίασμα , -τος , τό
( < μιαίνω ),
chiefly in trag. and late writers;
[in LXX : Lev_7:8 ; Lev_7:18 , ( H6292 ), Jer_32:34 ( H8251 ), Eze_33:31 ( H1215 ), Jdt_9:2 ; Jdt_9:4 ; Jdt_13:16 , 1Ma_13:50 * ;]
a stain, defilement: pl ., 2Pe_2:20 .†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
μίασμα μίασμα, ατος, τό, [Etym: μιαίνω] "stain, defilement, the taint of guilt", Lat. piaculum, Trag. , etc. of persons, "a defilement, pollution", Aesch. , Soph.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
μίασμα, -τος, τό
(μιαίνω),
chiefly in trag. and late writers;
[in LXX: Lev.7:8, 18, (פִּגּוּל), Jer.32:34 (שִׁקּוּץ), Eze.33:31 (בֶּצַע), Jdth.9:2, 4 13:16, 1Ma.13:50 * ;]
a stain, defilement: pl., 2Pe.2:20.†
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