adjective
amōmos
Strong’sG299
blameless
stem amōm-8 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books6 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-μωμος, -ον
(< μῶμος, q.v.), [in LXX chiefly for תָּמִים];
SYN.: ἀμίαντος, ἄσπιλος.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G299 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
blameless, Refs 7th c.BC+; without blemish, εἶδος ἄ.Refs 8th c.BC+
2 unblemished, of victims, etc., LXX+NT+1st c.AD+
3 unimpaired, perfect, ὑγίειαRefs 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 | amōmos | amōmas1×ἄμωμος | amōmem | amōmois1×ἄμωμοί | amōmais | amōmeim1×ἄμωμα |
| object accusative | amōmon1×ἄμωμον | amōman | amōmoin3×ἀμώμους | amōmain | ||
| direct address vocative | amōmor | amōmar | amōmoir | amōmair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | amōmou1×ἀμώμου | amōmau | amōmeu | amōmoiu | amōmaiu | amōmeiu |
| to, for dative | amōmo | amōma | amōme | amōmoi | amōmai | amōmei |
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
amōm 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
amōmon“without blemish”objectaccusative singular1×
Hebrews 9:14“without blemish”… hos dia pneumeu aiōnieu heauton prosferata amōmon to theo, katharizati tan suneidēsian nu …… of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from …
amōmou“without blemish”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
1 Peter 1:19alla timie haime hōs amnou amōmou kai aspilou Christou,… precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
amōmas“blameless”subjectnominative singular1×
Ephesians 5:27… toiouteiu, alla hina ateiō hagias kai amōmas.… any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
amōmois“blameless”subjectnominative plural1×
Revelation 14:5… te stome autoiu ouk heuriskita pseudem; amōmois alō.… found in their mouths; they are blameless.
amōmoin“blameless”objectaccusative plural3×
Ephesians 1:4… katabolau kosmou, arō nin hagioin kai amōmoin katenōpion autou en agapa,… the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
Colossians 1:22… tou thanatou parastēara vin hagioin kai amōmoin kai anenklētoin katenōpion autou,… to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence —
Jude 1:24“blameless”… kai stēara katenōpion tau doxau autou amōmoin en agalliasia… from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy —
amōmeim“without fault”subject or objectdirect plural1×
Philippians 2:15… geneveia amemptois kai akeraiois, tekneim theou amōmeim mesem geneau skoliau kai diastreforēntau, en …… blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation …