STRONGS G234:
ἀλίσγημα,
-τος,
τό, (
ἀλισγέω, to pollute, which occurs Sir. 40:29;
Daniel 1:8;
Malachi 1:7,
12; akin to
ἀλίνω,
ἀλινέω to besmear (Latin
linere, cf.
Lob. Pathol. Element., p. 21; Rhemat., p. 123; Stephanus Thesaurus,
Hesychius,
Sturz, De Dial. Alex., p. 145]),
pollution, contamination:
Acts 15:20 (
τοῦ ἀπέχεσθαι κτλ. to beware of pollution from the use of meats left from the heathen sacrifices, cf.
Acts 15:29). Neither
ἀλισγέω nor
ἀλίσγημα occurs in Greek writings.
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