Strong's Lexicon
G234
G234 — ἀλίσγεμα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G234 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀλίσγεμα |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from alisgeo "to soil" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | alisgema |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | al-is'-ghem-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. (ceremonially) defilement |
| KJV Renderings: | pollution |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀλίσγημα, (τος, τό (ἀλισγέω, to pollute, which occurs Sir 40:29; Dan 1:8; Mal 1:7; Mal 1:12; akin to ἀλίνω, ἀλινέω to besmear (Latinlinere, cf. Lob. Pathol. Element., p. 21; Rhemat., p. 123; Stephanus Thesaurus, Hesychius, Sturz, De Dial. Alex., p. 145)), pollution, contamination: Act 15:20 (τοῦ ἀπέχεσθαι κτλ. to beware of pollution from the use of meats left from the heathen sacrifices, cf. Act 15:29). Neither ἀλισγέω nor ἀλίσγημα occurs in Greek writings.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀλίσγημα (pollution)
Acts 15:20
- KJV: But that we write unto them that they abstain from pollutions of idols and fornication and things strangled and blood
- GK: αλλά επιστείλαι αυτοίς του απέχεσθαι από των αλισγημάτων των ειδώλων και της πορνείας και του πνικτού και του αίματος