Quick Definition
I defile, spot
Strong's Definition
to stain or soil (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: from G4696 (σπίλος);
KJV Usage: defile, spot
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σπιλόω, σπίλω; perfect passive participle ἐσπιλωμενος; (σπίλος); to defile, spot: τί, Jas_3:6; Jud_1:23. (Dionysius Halicarnassus, Lucian, Heliodorus; the Sept..)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σπιλόω spiloō 2x
to spot, soil; to contaminate, defile, Jas_3:6 ; Jud_1:23
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
**† σπιλόω ,
[in LXX : Wis_15:4 * ;]
to stain, spot, defile: c . acc , Jas_3:6 , Jud_1:23 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σπιλόω [page 584]
stain, is confined in the NT to Jas_3:6 , Jud_1:23 : cf. Sap 15:4 and Test. xii. patr . Aser ii. 7 ὁ πλεονεκτῶν . . . τὴν ψυχὴν σπιλοῖ , καὶ τὸ σῶμα λαμπρύνει .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σπιλόω [Etym: from σπί^λος] σπι^λόω, φυτ. -ώσω "to stain, soil", NTest. :—Pass., perf. part. ἐσπιλωμένος id=NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σπιλόω
[in LXX: Wis.15:4 * ;]
to stain, spot, defile: with accusative, Jas.3:6, Ju 23.†
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