Lexical Summary miasma: a stain, defilement Original Word: μίασμαTransliteration: miasma Phonetic Spelling: (mee'-as-mah) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a stain, defilement Meaning: a stain, defilement Strong's Concordance pollution, foul deedFrom miaino ("miasma"); (morally) foulness (properly, the effect) -- pollution. see GREEK miaino Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3393: μίασμαμίασμα, μιασματος, τό (μιαίνω), "that which defiles (cf. καύχημα, 2); defilement" (Vulg.coinquinatio): tropically, μιάσματα τοῦ κόσμου, vices the foulness of which contaminates one in his contact with the ungodly mass of mankind, 2 Peter 2:20. (Tragg., Antiphanes, Demosthenes, Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch; the Sept., Leviticus 7:8 (18); Jeremiah 39:34 |
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