noun · masculine
miasmos
Greekμιασμός (miasmos)
Strong’sG3394
the act of pollution, defilement
stem miasm-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
**† μιασμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< μιαίνω), [in LXX: Wi 14:26, I Mac 4:43*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3394 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmee-as-mos'
(morally) contamination (properly, the act)
Fromfrom G3392;
King Jamesuncleanness.
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 nominative | miasmos | miasmois |
| object accusative | miasmon | miasmoin |
| direct address vocative | miasmor | miasmoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | miasmou1×μιασμοῦ | miasmoiu |
| to, for dative | miasmo | miasmoi |
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
miasmo 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
miasmou“corrupt”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
2 Peter 2:10“corrupt”malista de toin opisō sarxau en epithumia miasmou poreuerōtoin kai kuriotau katafronarōtoin. Tolmētois, authadois, doxain ouk tremalō, blasfēmarōtois,Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.