μολύνω: 1 aorist active ἐμόλυνα; passive present μολύνομαι; 1 aorist ἐμολυνθην; from Aristophanes down; to pollute, stain, contaminate, defile; in the N. T. used only in symbolic and figurative discourse: οὐκ ἐμόλυναν τά ἱμάτια αὐτῶν, of those who have kept themselves pure from the defilement of sin, Rev_3:4 (cf. Zec_3:3 f); μετά γυναικῶν οὐκ ἐμολύνθησαν, who have not soiled themselves by fornication and adultery, Rev_14:4; ἡ συνείδησις μολύνεται, of a conscience reproached (defiled) by sin, 1Co_8:7 (inexplebili quodam laedendi proposito conscientiam polluebat, Ammianus Marcellinus 15, 2; opposed to καθαρά συνείδησις, 1Ti_3:9; 2Ti_1:3; μολύνειν τήν ψυχήν, Sir_21:28; but see μιαίνω, 2). (Synonym: see μιαίνω, at the end.)

μολύνω molynō 3x pr. to stain, sully; to defile, contaminate morally, 1Co_8:7 ; Rev_14:4 ; to soil, Rev_3:4

μολύνω , [in LXX : Gen_37:31 ( H2881 ), Isa_59:3 ( H1351 ni .), Zec_14:2 ( H7901 ni .), Sir_21:28 , al. ;] to stain, soil, defile; in NT always symb. and fig .: 1Co_8:7 , Rev_3:4 ; Rev_14:4 .† SYN.: μιαίνω G3392 , q.v.

μολύνω [page 416] The metaphorical use of this word in the NT ( 1Co_8:7 , Rev_3:4 ; Rev_14:4 ) is well illustrated by the uncanonical fragment P Oxy V. 840 .16 ἀλλὰ μεμολυ [μμένος ] ἐπάτησας τοῦτο τὸ ἱερὸν τ [όπον ὄν ]τα καθαρόν , but polluted as thou art thou hast walked in this temple, which is a pure place. Cf. also Epict. ii. 8. 13 ἐν σαυτῷ φέρεις αὐτὸν ( scil. θεὸν ) καὶ μολύνων οὐκ αἰσθάνῃ ἀκαθάρτοις μὲν διανοήμασι ῥυπαραῖς δὲ πράξεσι .

μολύνω μολψ́νω, "to stain, sully, defile", Ar. ; μ. τινά "to make a beast of" him, id=Ar. ; also "to defile" a woman, Theocr. :—Pass. "to become vile", ἐν ἀμαθίᾳ μολύνεσθαι "to wallow in" ignorance, Plat.

μολύνω [in LXX: Gen.37:31 (טָבַל), Isa.59:3 (גָּאַל ni.), Zec.14:2 (שָׁכַב ni.), Sir.21:28, al. ;] to stain, soil, defile; in NT always symb. and figuratively: 1Co.8:7, Rev.3:4 14:4.† SYN.: μιαίνω, q.v (AS)