Strong's Lexicon
G299 — ἄμωμος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G299 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἄμωμος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G1 (as a negative particle) and G3470 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 8 |
| Transliteration: | amomos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | am'-o-mos |
| Meaning: | 1. unblemished {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | without blame (blemish, fault, spot), faultless, unblamable |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄμωμον, , τό, amomum, a fragrant plant of India, having the foliage of the white vine (elsewhere, ampeloleuce) and seed, in clusters like grapes, from which ointment, was made (Pliny, h. n. 12, 13 (28)): Rev 18:13 G L T Tr WH. (See B. D. American edition under the word.)
STRONGS NT 299: ἄμωμοςἄμωμος, (μῶμος), without blemish, free from faultiness, as a victim without spot or blemish: 1Pe 1:19 (Lev 22:21); Heb 9:14; in both places allusion is made to the sinless life of Christ. Ethically, without blemish, faultless, unblamable: Eph 1:4; Eph 5:27; Col 1:22; Php 2:15 L T Tr WH; Jud 1:24; Rev 14:5. (Often in the Sept.; (Hesiod, Simonides, Jamblichus), Herodotus 2, 177; Aeschylus Pers. 185; Theocritus, 18, 25.) (Synonym: see Trench, § ciii.; Tittmann 1:29f.)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἄμωμος (without blame (blemish)
Ephesians 1:4
- KJV: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and without blame before him in love
- GK: καθώς εξελέξατο ημάς εν αυτώ προ καταβολής κόσμου είναι ημάς αγίους και αμώμους κατενώπιον αυτού εν αγάπη
Ephesians 5:27
- KJV: That he might present it to himself a glorious church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing but that it should be holy and without blemish
- GK: ίνα παραστήση αυτήν εαυτώ ένδοξον την εκκλησίαν μη έχουσαν σπίλον η ρυτίδα η τι των τοιούτων αλλ΄ ίνα η αγία και άμωμος
Colossians 1:22
- KJV: In the body of his flesh through death to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight
- GK: εν τω σώματι της σαρκός αυτού διά του θανάτου παραστήσαι υμάς αγίους και αμώμους και ανεγκλήτους κατενώπιον αυτού
Hebrews 9:14
- KJV: How much more shall the blood of Christ who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God
- GK: πόσω μάλλον το αίμα του χριστού ος διά πνεύματος αιωνίου εαυτόν προσήνεγκεν άμωμον τω θεώ καθαριεί την συνείδησιν υμών από νεκρών έργων εις το λατρεύειν θεώ ζώντι
1 Peter 1:19
- KJV: But with the precious blood of Christ as of a lamb without blemish and without spot
- GK: αλλά τιμίω αίματι ως αμνού αμώμου και ασπίλου χριστού
Jude 1:24
- KJV: Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling and to present faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy
- GK: τω δε δυναμένω φυλάξαι αυτούς απταίστους και στήσαι κατενώπιον της δόξης αυτού αμώμους εν αγαλλιάσει
Revelation 14:5
- KJV: And in their mouth was found no guile for they are without fault before the throne of God
- GK: και εν τω στόματι αυτών ουχ ευρέθη ψεύδος άμωμοι γαρ εισι