noun · masculine

spilos

Greekσπίλος (spilos)

Strong’sG4696

a spot, fault

stem spil-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

blots1×spot1×

What it means

* σπίλος (Rec. σπῖλος), -ου, ὁ

1. a rock, cliff (Arist., al.).

2. In late writers = Att.. κηλίς (v. Rutherford, NPhr., 87 f.), a spot, stain; metaph.,

(a) of moral blemish: Eph 5:27

(b) of riotous and lascivious persons (cf. Dion. Hal., quoted by Mayor, in l.): II Pe 2:13.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4696 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidspee'-los

a stain or blemish, i.e. (figuratively) defect, disgrace

Fromof uncertain derivation;

King Jamesspot.

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	spilos	spilois1×σπίλοι
object accusative	spilon1×σπίλον	spiloin
direct address vocative	spilor	spiloir
of, belonging to genitive	spilou	spiloiu
to, for dative	spilo	spiloi

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

spilstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

spilo 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

spilamō — σπιλόω, I defile, spot

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

spilon“spot”objectaccusative singular1×

Ephesians 5:27“spot”hina paristanateia autos heauto endoxan tan ekklēsan, mē echarōtan spilon ē rutian ē tinem teiu toiouteiu, alla hina ateiō hagias kai amōmas.and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

spilois“blots”subjectnominative plural1×

2 Peter 2:13“blots”adikerōtois misthon adikiau; hēdonan hēgerōtois tan en hēmera trufan, spilois kai mōmois entrufarōtois en tai apatai autoiu suneuōcherōtois vi,The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.