STRONGS G3392:
μιαίνω; passive, 1 aorist subjunctive 3 person plural
μιανθῶσιν; perfect 3 person singular
μεμίανται (unless it be better to take this form as a plural; cf.
Krüger, § 33, 3 Anm. 9; Alexander
Buttmann (1873) Gram. § 101 Anm. 7; Ausf. Spr. § 101 Anm. 13;
Buttmann, 41 (36); (
Winer's Grammar, § 58, 6 b.
β.)), participle
μεμιασμενος (
Titus 1:15 R G) and
μειαμμενος (ibid.
L T Tr WH; also Wis. 7:25; Tobit 2:9;
Josephus,
b. j. 4, 5, 2 edition, Bekker; cf.
Matthiae, i., p. 415;
Krüger, § 40, under the word;
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 35; Otto on Theophil. ad Autol. 1, 1, p. 2f; (
Veitch, under the word)); from
Homer down;
1. to dye with another color, to stain:
ἐλέφαντα φοίνικι,
Homer Iliad 4, 141.
2. to defile, pollute, sully, contaminate, soil (the
Sept. often for
טִמֵּא): in a physical and a moral sense,
σάρκα (of licentiousness),
Jude 1:8; in a moral sense,
τόν συνείδησιν,
τόν νοῦν, passive
Titus 1:15; absolutely,
to defile with sin, passive ibid. and in
Hebrews 12:15; for
הֶחֱטִיא,
Deuteronomy 24:6(4); in a ritual sense, of men, passive
John 18:28 (
Leviticus 22:5,
8;
Numbers 19:13,
20; Tobit 2:9).
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