STRONGS G4696:
σπίλος (
WH σπίλος (so Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 87; Liddell and Scott, under the word); but see
Tdf. Proleg., p. 102;
Lipsius, Gram. Untersuch., p. 42),
σπιλου,
ὁ (Phryn. rejects this word in favor of the Attic
κηλίς; but
σπίλος is used by Joseph,
Dionysius Halicarnassus,
Plutarch,
Lucian,
Liban, Artemidor.; see
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 28 (cf.
Winers Grammar, 25)),
a spot: tropically,
a fault, moral blemish,
Ephesians 5:27; plural of base and gluttonous men,
2 Peter 2:13.
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