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G298 ἀμώμητος (amṓmētos)
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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

2PE 3:14

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.’

REV 18:13

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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+]

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