G3393
G3393 — μίασμα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
miasma (mee'-as-mah) n.
1. (morally) foulness (properly, the effect)
[from G3392 ("miasma")]
KJV: pollution
Root(s): G3392
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
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KJV Renderings
pollution
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μίασμα, 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, 2Pe 2:20. (Tragg., Antiphanes, Demosthenes, Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch; the Sept., Lev 7:8 (18); Jeremiah 39:34 (); Jdt 9:2; 1Ma 13:50.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μίασμα (pollution)
2 Peter 2:20
- KJV: For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ they are again entangled therein and overcome the latter end is worse with them than the beginning
- GK: ει γαρ αποφυγόντες τα μιάσματα του κόσμου εν επιγνώσει του κυρίου και σωτήρος Ιησού χριστού τούτοις δε πάλιν εμπλακέντες ηττώνται γέγονεν αυτοίς τα έσχατα χείρονα των πρώτων