noun · neuter
miasmem
Greekμίασμα (miasma)
Strong’sG3393
pollution, defilement
stem miasm-once in the New Testament0 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
μίασμα, -τος, τό
(< μιαίνω), chiefly in trag. and late writers; [in LXX: Le 7:8 (18) (פִּגּוּל), Je 39 (32):34 (שִׁקּוּץ), Ez 33:31 (בֶּצַע), Jth 9:2, 4 13:16, I Mac 13:50*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3393 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmee'-as-mah
(morally) foulness (properly, the effect)
Fromfrom G3392 ("miasma");
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 | miasmem | miasmeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | miasmeu | miasmeiu |
| to, for dative | miasme | miasmei |
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
miasme 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
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
miasmeim1×
2 Peter 2:20“defilements”ei gar apofeugaratois teim miasmeim tou kosmou en epignōsia tou kuriou kai sōtērou Iēsu Christou houtei de palin emplekiratois hēttelē, ginatē autoi teim eschateim cheirōneim teiu prōteiu.If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.