Strong's G3394: μιασμός (miasmós) Meaning

Quick Definition

μιασμός, οῦ, ὁ n.m. the act of pollution, defilement

Strong's Definition

(morally) contamination (properly, the act)

Derivation: from G3392 (μιαίνω);

KJV Usage: uncleanness

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

μιασμός (G3394)

noun, m. | -οῦ | μιαίνω

88.259 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Impurity

impurity, impure, tainted, evil, defilement a state of being tainted or stained by evil

2PE 2:10

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

μιασμός, -ov, 6, (jtaiyw), the act of defiling, defilement, pollution: ἐπιθυμία μιασμοῦ, defiling lust [W. § 34, 3 b.], 2 Pet. ii. 10. (Sap. xiv. 26; 1 Mace. iv 43; Plut. mor. Ρ. 398 ο.; Test. xii. Patr. [test. Lev. 17; test. Benj. 8; Graec. Ven. (passim); Herm. Past. sim. 5, 7, 2].)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

μιασμός miasmos 1x

pollution, corruption, defiling, 2 Pet. 2:10*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

**† μιασμός, -οῦ, ὁ

(< μιαίνω), [in LXX: Wi 14:26, I Mac 4:43*;]

prop., the act of defiling.

= μίασμα (q.v.): II Pe 2:10 (cf. Plut., Mor., 393c).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

μίασμα [page 412] μίασμα , which in the NT occurs only in 2Pe_2:20 , is also found in Apoc. Petr. 9 τῷ μιάσματι τῆς μοιχείας . In the late Kaibel 1140 b. .3 (not before the time of Justinian) it is an epithet of Satan Βελιὰρ κ [ακό ]μορ [φ ]ε , . . . μ [ί ]ασμα , δράκων κτλ .

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

μιασμός (miasmos) — defilement. μι-ασμός, ὁ, ={μίανσις}, [LXX+NT+1st c.AD+]

2. scandal, crime, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

μιασμός, -οῦ, ὁ (μιαίνω), [in LXX: Wis.14:26, 1Ma.4:43 * ;] __1. prop., the act of defiling. __2. = μίασμα (which see) : 2Pe.2:10 (cf. Plut., Mor., 393c).† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

2:10

G3394 μιασμός (miasmós)