μιαίνω

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μιαίνω

Greek transliteration

miainō

Simplified transliteration

miaino

Principal Parts

μιανῶ, ἐμίανα, -, μεμίαμμαι, ἐμιάνθην

Strong's number

3392

GK Number

3620

Frequency in New Testament

Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag

v-2d(4)

Gloss

to pollute, stain, defile; (pass.) to be defiled, corrupted, become ceremonially unclean; this refers to both ceremonial and moral uncleanness

Definition

pr. to tinge, dye, stain; to pollute, defile, ceremonially, Jn. 18:28; to corrupt, deprave, Tit. 1:15 (2x); Heb. 12:15; Jude 8*

John 18:28	Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. It was early, and they did not go into the governor’s headquarters so that they (mianthōsin \| μιανθῶσιν \| aor pass subj 3 pl) would (mianthōsin \| μιανθῶσιν \| aor pass subj 3 pl) not be defiled (mianthōsin \| μιανθῶσιν \| aor pass subj 3 pl), but could eat the Passover meal.
Titus 1:15	All things are clean to the clean, but to the defiled (memiammenois \| μεμιαμμένοις \| perf pass ptcp dat pl masc) and unbelieving nothing is clean, but both their mind and conscience are (memiantai \| μεμίανται \| perf pass ind 3 sg) defiled (memiantai \| μεμίανται \| perf pass ind 3 sg).
Hebrews 12:15	Take care that no one forfeits the grace of God; and that no root of bitterness grows up and causes trouble and by it many are defiled (mianthōsin \| μιανθῶσιν \| aor pass subj 3 pl).
Jude 1:8	Yet in the same way these people also, relying on their dreams, defile (miainousin \| μιαίνουσιν \| pres act ind 3 pl) the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones.

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