Quick Definition
σπῖλος, ου, ὁ n.m. a spot, fault
Strong's Definition
of uncertain derivation; a stain or blemish, i.e. (figuratively) defect, disgrace
KJV Usage: spot
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σπῖλος [ σπίλος (so Rutherford, New Phryn. p. 87; L. and 8. s. v.); but see TUf. Proleg. p. 102; Lipsius, Gram. Untersuch. p. 42], -ov, 6, (Phryn. rejects this word in favor of the Attic κηλίς ; but σπῖλος is used by Joseph. Dion. Hal., Plut., Leian., Liban., Artemidor.; see Lob. ad Phryn. p. 28 [ef. W. 257), α spot: trop. a fault, moral blemish, Eph. v. 27; plur. of base and gluttonous men, 2 Pet. ii. 13.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σπίλος spilos 2x
a spot, stain, blot; a moral blemish, Eph. 5:27; 2 Pet. 2:13*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* σπίλος (Rec. σπῖλος), -ου, ὁ a rock, cliff (Arist., al.).
In late writers = Att.. κηλίς (v. Rutherford, NPhr., 87 f.), a spot, stain; metaph.,
of moral blemish: Eph 5:27
of riotous and lascivious persons (cf. Dion. Hal., quoted by Mayor, in l.): II Pe 2:13.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σπίλος usage: cf. Kaibe/ 2251f where it is said of a man who had precipitated himself from a rock— ᾽Οστέα piv kal σάρκας ἐμὰς σπιλάδες διέχευαν ὀξεῖαι, κρημνῶν ἅλμα ὑποδεξάμεναι. Others prefer the rendering ‘‘spot,’’ “stain,’’ as if = σπίλος (g.v.), which is found in the parallel passage 2 Pet 218: cf. Lightfoot 7evzsion, p. 152f. More recently A. D. Knox has shown good ground (JTS xiv. (1913), Pp. 547 ff., xvi. (1915), p- 78) for taking the word as an adj. with ἄνεμος understood, ‘‘a dirty, foul wind,” producing a correspondingly troubled and stormy effect on the water: cf. Isai Ps oxthoc, originally ‘‘ rock,” came in late Greek to be used =Attic κῆλις, ‘‘spot,” ‘‘stain’’; hence the metaph. usage in Eph 527. With the application of σπίλος to persons in 2 Pet 213 cf. Dion. Hal. Anzt. iv. 24, p. 698 τοὺς δυσεκκαθάρτους σπίλους ἐκ THs πόλεως ‘‘ the dregs of humanity from the city.” See further Rutherford VP p. 87 f. , σπιλόω, ‘*stain,”’ is confined in the NT to Jas 3°, Jude®: cf. Sap 15% and Zest. xzi. patr. Aser ii. 7 ὁ πλεονεκτῶν ... τὴν ψυχὴν σπιλοῖ, kal τὸ σῶμα λαμπρύνει.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σπίλος (spilos) — stain. σπίλος [ῐ], ὁ,
__B spot, fleck, blemish, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; on the moon, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: metaphorically, stain of impurity or vice, [NT+4th c.AD+]; of persons, [NT+1st c.BC+] Hdn.Gr.2.920; but ῐ in the equivalent σπιλάς (B) and in the compound ἄσπιλος.]