noun · neuter
alisgēmem
Greekἀλίσγημα (alisgēma)
Strong’sG234
pollution, perhaps a polluted thing
stem alisgēm-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† ἀλίσγημα, -τος, τό
(< late ἀλισγέω, to pollute),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G234 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidal-is'-ghem-ah
(ceremonially) defilement
Fromfrom ἀλισγέω (to soil);
King Jamespollution.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | alisgēmem | alisgēmeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | alisgēmeu | alisgēmeiu1×ἀλισγημάτων |
| to, for dative | alisgēme | alisgēmei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
alisgēme is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
alisgēmeiu“things polluted”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Acts 15:20“things polluted”alla epistellara autoi teu apecherō teiu alisgēmeiu teiu eidōleiu kai tau porneiau kai teu pnikteu kai teu haimeu;Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.