Quick Definition
ἀμώμητος, ον Adj without blame or fault
Strong's Definition
from 1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of 3469; unblamable
KJV Usage: blameless
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | ἀ- + μέμφομαι
88.35 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Holy, Pure
blameless, without blame, being one who cannot be blamed pertaining to not being subject to blame and hence morally irreproachable
noun, n. | -ου
5.23 · Foods and Condiments · Condiments
spice, amomum a generic term for any kind of spice, though often a specific reference to amomum, an Indian type of spice In most translations ἄμωμον is interpreted as spice in general, and though in all languages some types of herb-derivative condiments are employed, there may be no general term for such spices. One may, however, in some instances use a descriptive phrase, for example, ‘good-tasting herbs’ or ‘flavoring leaves.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀμώμητος, -ov, (μωμάομαι), that cannot be censured, blameless: Phil. ii. 15 R G (cf. τέκνα μωμητά, Deut. xxxii. 5); 2 Pet. iii. 14. (Hom. Il. 12, 109; [Hesiod, Pind., al.;] Plut. frat. amor. 18; often in Anthol.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀμώμητος amōmētos 1x
blameless, unblemished, 2 Pet. 3:14*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἀ-μώμητος, -ου
(< μωμάομαι),
blameless: II Pe 3:14.†
SYN.: ἄμεμπτος (q.v.), ἀνέγκλητος, ἀνεπίλημπτος.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀμώμητος, only found in 2 Pet 344 and in literary Hellenistic (Anthology), may be quoted from an Alexandrian epitaph in Pretsigke 332, ΠΙ. . . .Jouk[. . ἀμ]ώμητε, εὐψύχι, (ἐτῶν) Ὑ: so the word is used here of a little child. In 26. 367, Κλέοβι ἀμώμητε, εὐψύχι, (ἐτῶν) Ke, it belongs to a young man, dying prematurely. Add the *‘ Apocrypha Moisis,” P Leid Wii. ὁ ἧκε κύριε ἀμώμητος καὶ ἀπήμαντος.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀμώμητος (amōmētos) — blameless. ἀμώμητος, ον, blameless, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; faultless, ποιημάτιον, λόγοι, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of victims, unblemished,[NT+1st c.AD+]. adverb -τως[Refs 5th c.BC+]
