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G273 ἄμεμπτος (ámemptos)
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ἄμεμπτος, ον Adj blameless

Strong's Definition

from 1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of 3201; irreproachable

KJV Usage: blameless, faultless, unblamable

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -ον | ἀ- + μέμφομαι

88.317 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Sin, Wrongdoing, Guilt

blameless, without blame, innocent, guiltless pertaining to being without fault or blame

LUK 1:6 · PHP 2:15 · PHP 3:6 · 1TH 3:13 · HEB 8:7

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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἄμεμπτος amemptos 5x

blameless, irreprehensible, without defect, Lk. 1:6; Phil. 2:15; 3:6; 1 Thess. 3:13; Heb. 8:7*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἄ-μεμπτος, -ον

(< μέμφομσι), [in LXX chiefly for תָּם;]

blameless, free from fault (in π. of a marriage-contract; M, Th., I, 3:13; cf. MM, VGT, s.v.): Lk 1:6, Phl 2:15 3:6, I Th 3:13 (WH, mg., -ως) He 8:7.†

SYN.: ἄμωμος, ἀνέγκλητος, ἀνεπίλημπτος, q.v. (Tr., Syn., § ciii).

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἄμεμπτος. In a private letter of the time of Augustus the writer ν θέλων remarks κἀγὼ Ti[s] φιλίαν σου [θέλωι} ἄμεμπτ[ον)] ἐματὸν ἐτήρησα (BGU IV. 114135). For the adjective in a marriage contract see CPR I. 27% (A.D. 190) αὐτῆς δὲ τῆς O. ἄμεμπτον καὶ ἀκατηγόρηϊτον ἑαυτὴν παρ]εχομένην (szc) It is common in sepulchral epitaphs in conjunction with χρηστός. OG/S 443° (i/B.c.) has τήν τε TOV... νεανίσκων ἐνδημίαν εὔτ[ακτ]ον mlapéxerar καὶ dpepm)|rov—Dittenberger’s supplement is at least plausible. For the adverb see P Giss I 98° (ii/A.n.) τὰ τέσσερα οὖν κολοφώνια τὰ ἐπιβάλ.λοντά μοι δότε αὐτῇ ἀμέμπτως, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν τάχει, P Lond 9245 (Α.Ὁ. 187-8) (Ξ: 1ΠΠ|. p. 134) & mAnpovpévmv—little more than ‘‘duly paid,” P Oxy III. 473" (a.p. 138-60), 26. 4968 (A.D. 127) συμβιούτωσαν οὖν ἀλλήϊλο]ις ἀμέμπτωϊς of γ]αμοῦντες, and IV. 724} (A.D. 155), a contract of apprenticeship to a shorthand writer, where provision is made that the pupil shall be taught not only to write fluently, but to read what he has written ἀμέμπτως, From the inscriptions cf. OG/S 4851 τὰς λοιπὰς δὲ φιλοτειμίας τελιάσαντα ἁγνῶς καὶ ἀμέμπτως.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἄμεμπτος (amemptos) — blameless. ἄμεμπτος, ον, blameless, without reproach, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. χρόνου in regard of time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. ἐκείνῃ without blame to her, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: comparative -ότερος less blameworthy, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

2. of things, perfect in its kind, δεῖπνον[Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -τως irreproachably, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. active, not blaming, well content, ἄμεμπτόν τινα ποιεῖν or ποιεῖσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]adverb -τως, δέχεσθαί τινα[Refs]

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