adjective
amemptos
Strong’sG273
blameless
stem amempt-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἄ-μεμπτος, -ον
(< μέμφομσι), [in LXX chiefly for תָּם;]
SYN.: ἄμωμος, ἀνέγκλητος, ἀνεπίλημπτος, q.v. (Tr., Syn., § ciii).
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G273 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
blameless, without reproach, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄ. χρόνου in regard of time, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄ. ἐκείνῃ without blame to her, Refs 1st c.AD+: comparative -ότερος less blameworthy, Refs 1st c.AD+
2 of things, perfect in its kind, δεῖπνονRefs 5th c.BC+. adverb -τως irreproachably, Refs 5th c.BC+
II active, not blaming, well content, ἄμεμπτόν τινα ποιεῖν or ποιεῖσθαι, Refs 5th c.BC+adverb -τως, δέχεσθαί τιναRefs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | amemptos1×ἄμεμπτος | amemptas1×ἄμεμπτος | amemptem | amemptois2×ἄμεμπτοι | amemptais | amempteim |
| object accusative | amempton | amemptan | amemptoin | amemptain1×ἀμέμπτους | ||
| direct address vocative | amemptor | amemptar | amemptoir | amemptair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | amemptou | amemptau | amempteu | amemptoiu | amemptaiu | amempteiu |
| to, for dative | amempto | amempta | amempte | amemptoi | amemptai | amemptei |
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
amempt 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
amemptos“blameless”subjectnominative singular1×
Philippians 3:6“blameless”… kata dikaiosunan tan en nomo generantos amemptos.… the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
amemptas“faultless”subjectnominative singular1×
Hebrews 8:7“faultless”Ei gar tas prōtas ekeinas ate amemptas, ouk an deuterau zētote topos;For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.
amemptois“blameless”subjectnominative plural2×
Luke 1:6… tai entolai kai dikaiōmei tou kuriou amemptois.… in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees …
Philippians 2:15hina geneveia amemptois kai akeraiois, tekneim theou amōmeim mesem …so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without …
amemptain“blameless”objectaccusative plural1×
1 Thessalonians 3:13“blameless”eis tem stērizara vu tain kardiain amemptain en hagiōsuna emprosthen tou theou kai …so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at …