King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3436
Transliteration: molysmos
Phonetic Spelling: (mol-oos-mos')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: defilement
Meaning: defilement
μολυσμός, μολυσμοῦ, ὁ (μολύνω), defilement (Vulg.inquinamentum); an action by which anything is defiled: with the genitive of the thing defiled, σαρκός καί πνεύματος, 2 Corinthians 7:1. (Jeremiah 23:15; 1 Esdr. 8:80; 2 Macc. 5:27; Plutarch, mor., p. 779 c.; (Josephus, contra Apion 1, 32, 2; 2, 24, 5; etc.); often in ecclesiastical writings.)
Word Summary
molysmos: defilement
Original Word: μολυσμόςTransliteration: molysmos
Phonetic Spelling: (mol-oos-mos')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: defilement
Meaning: defilement
Strong's Concordance
filthiness, immoralityFrom moluno; a stain; i.e. (figuratively) immorality -- filthiness.
see GREEK moluno
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3436: μολυσμόςμολυσμός, μολυσμοῦ, ὁ (μολύνω), defilement (Vulg.inquinamentum); an action by which anything is defiled: with the genitive of the thing defiled, σαρκός καί πνεύματος, 2 Corinthians 7:1. (Jeremiah 23:15; 1 Esdr. 8:80; 2 Macc. 5:27; Plutarch, mor., p. 779 c.; (Josephus, contra Apion 1, 32, 2; 2, 24, 5; etc.); often in ecclesiastical writings.)