Strong's Lexicon
G273
G273 — ἄμεμπτος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G273 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἄμεμπτος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G3201 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | amemptos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | am'-emp-tos |
| Meaning: | 1. irreproachable |
| KJV Renderings: | blameless, faultless, unblamable |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄμεμπτος, (μέμφομαι to blame), blameless, deserving no censure (Tertullianirreprehensibilis), free from fault or defect: Luk 1:6; Php 2:15; Php 3:6; 1Th 3:13 (WH marginal reading ἀμέμπτως); Heb 8:7 (in which nothing is lacking); in the Sept. equivalent to úÈÌí, Job 1:1; Job 1:8 etc., common in Greek writings. (Cf. Trench, § ciii.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἄμεμπτος (blameless)
Luke 1:6
- KJV: And they were both righteous before God walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless
- GK: ήσαν δε δίκαιοι αμφότεροι ενώπιον του θεού πορευόμενοι εν πάσαις ταις εντολαίς και δικαιώμασι του κυρίου άμεμπτοι
Philippians 2:15
- KJV: That ye may be blameless and harmless the sons of God without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation among whom ye shine as lights in the world
- GK: ίνα γένησθε άμεμπτοι και ακέραιοι τέκνα θεού αμώμητα εν μέσω γενεάς σκολιάς και διεστραμμένης εν οις φαίνεσθε ως φωστήρες εν κόσμω
Philippians 3:6
- KJV: Concerning zeal persecuting the church touching the righteousness which is in the law blameless
- GK: κατά ζήλον διώκων την εκκλησίαν κατά δικαιοσύνην την εν νόμω γενόμενος άμεμπτος
1 Thessalonians 3:13
- KJV: To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God even our Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints
- GK: εις το στηρίξαι υμών τας καρδίας αμέμπτους εν αγιωσύνη έμπροσθεν του θεού και πατρός ημών εν τη παρουσία του κυρίου ημών Ιησού χριστού μετά πάντων των αγίων αυτού
Hebrews 8:7
- KJV: For if that first had been faultless then should no place have been sought for the second
- GK: ει γαρ η πρώτη εκείνη ην άμεμπτος ουκ αν δευτέρας εζητείτο τόπος