adjective
amiantos
Strong’sG283
undefiled, untainted
stem amiant-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 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.
** ἀ-μίαντος, -ον
(< μιαίνω), [in LXX: Wi 3:13 4:2 8:20, II Mac 14:36 15:34*;]
SYN.: ἄμωμος, ἄσπιλος (Cremer, 784).
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G283 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
undefiled, pure, ὕδωρRefs 6th c.BC+ calls the sea ἡ ἀμίαντο; ἀ. τοῦ ἀνοσίου πέρι free from stain of ungodliness, NT+5th c.BC+
2 not to be defiled, Refs 1st c.BC+
II ὁ ἀ. λίθος asbestos, Refs 4th c.BC+
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 | amiantos1×ἀμίαντος | amiantas2×ἀμίαντος | amiantem | amiantois | amiantais | amianteim |
| object accusative | amianton | amiantan1×ἀμίαντον | amiantoin | amiantain | ||
| direct address vocative | amiantor | amiantar | amiantoir | amiantair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | amiantou | amiantau | amianteu | amiantoiu | amiantaiu | amianteiu |
| to, for dative | amianto | amianta | amiante | amiantoi | amiantai | amiantei |
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
amiant 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.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
amiantos“undefiled”subjectnominative singular1×
Hebrews 7:26… ni kai prepate archierevos, hosios, akakos, amiantos, chōrizorēntos apo toiu hamartōloiu, kai hupsēloteros …… us — One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted …
amiantas“undefiled”subjectnominative singular2×
Hebrews 13:4… gamos en pantoi kai tas koitas amiantas, pornoin gar kai moichoin krinati tos …… all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually …
James 1:27thrēskeias katharas kai amiantas para to theo kai patro houtas …Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father …
amiantan“undefiled”objectaccusative singular1×
1 Peter 1:4eis klēronomian afthartan kai amiantan kai amarantan, tērorēntan en ouranoi eis …… into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for …