G3393: μίασμα
míasma · “defilement”
Definition
(morally) foulness (properly, the effect)
KJV translates it as: pollution
Word origin: from G3392 (μιαίνω) ("miasma");
Extended definition
μίασμα, -τος, τό
(μιαίνω),
chiefly in trag. and late writers;
[in LXX: Lev.7:8, 18, (פִּגּוּל), Jer.32:34 (שִׁקּוּץ), Eze.33:31 (בֶּצַע), Jdth.9:2, 4 13:16, 1Ma.13:50 * ;]
a stain, defilement: pl., 2Pe.2:20.†
(AS)
(μιαίνω),
chiefly in trag. and late writers;
[in LXX: Lev.7:8, 18, (פִּגּוּל), Jer.32:34 (שִׁקּוּץ), Eze.33:31 (בֶּצַע), Jdth.9:2, 4 13:16, 1Ma.13:50 * ;]
a stain, defilement: pl., 2Pe.2:20.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3393 is translated
- pollutions ×1
Bible verses with G3393 (míasma)
Míasma appears in 1 verse.
- 2 Peter 2:20
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.