Strong's Lexicon

G3393

G3393 — μίασμα

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekmiasmanounOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G3393
Word:μίασμα
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:from G3392 ("miasma")
Language:Greek
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:miasma
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mee'-as-mah
Meaning:1. (morally) foulness (properly, the effect)
KJV Renderings:pollution

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

μίασμα, μιασματος, τό (μιαίνω), "that which defiles (cf. καύχημα, 2); defilement" (Vulg.coinquinatio): tropically, μιάσματα τοῦ κόσμου, vices the foulness of which contaminates one in his contact with the ungodly mass of mankind, 2Pe 2:20. (Tragg., Antiphanes, Demosthenes, Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch; the Sept., Lev 7:8 (18); Jeremiah 39:34 (); Jdt 9:2; 1Ma 13:50.)

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

μίασμα (pollution)

2 Peter 2:20

KJV: For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ they are again entangled therein and overcome the latter end is worse with them than the beginning
GK: ει γαρ αποφυγόντες τα μιάσματα του κόσμου εν επιγνώσει του κυρίου και σωτήρος Ιησού χριστού τούτοις δε πάλιν εμπλακέντες ηττώνται γέγονεν αυτοίς τα έσχατα χείρονα των πρώτων
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