ἄσπιλος
áspilos · G784 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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spotless, without stain
Pertaining to having no spot or stain
Examples1 Peter 1:19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
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morally spotless, pure
(A figurative extension of meaning of ἄσπιλος ‘spotless, without stain,’) Pertaining to being without that which might mar one’s moral character
Examples1 Timothy 6:14 that you keep the commandment without fault or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
2 Peter 3:14 Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found spotless and blameless by Him, at peace,
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- τηρέωto keep, to obey, to guard 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- ἄμωμος ámōmos · G299 · without defect, without blemish, blameless
- Nearly synonymous with ἄσπιλος, both denoting freedom from defect/blemish; ἄμωμος (from μῶμος 'blemish/fault') is slightly more common in NT and often used in sacrificial and moral purity contexts (Eph 1:4, 5:27, 1 Pet 1:19)
- ἀμίαντος amíantos · G283 · undefiled, untainted
- Freedom from ritual or moral defilement; semantically close to ἄσπιλος but focuses on the absence of pollution/contamination rather than spots or stains (Heb 7:26, 13:4, Jas 1:27, 1 Pet 1:4)
- καθαρός katharós · G2513 · clean, clear, pure
- General term for cleanness/purity in ritual, physical, and moral senses; broader semantic range than ἄσπιλος but overlaps significantly in contexts of moral purity and freedom from defilement
In the other Testament 2 words
- תָּמִים tâmîym · H8549 · whole, complete, full
- Hebrew standard term for ritual/moral perfection and physical unblemishedness, particularly in sacrificial contexts (Lev 1:3, 22:19-21); regularly translated by ἄμωμος and ἄσπιλος in LXX and cognate literature
- נָקִי nâqîy · H5355 · innocent, free from obligation, not liable
- Hebrew term for moral/legal innocence and cleanness, particularly freedom from guilt or defilement; overlaps with ἄσπιλος in its moral purity sense
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Spotless, without stain79.59
- Used literally of being without physical blemish, as of the lamb's blood described as unblemished and spotless in 1 Peter 1:19.
- Morally spotless, pure88.33
- Used figuratively of moral purity, as of the command kept without fault or reproach in 1 Timothy 6:14 and of religion kept unstained by the world in James 1:27.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἄσπιλον (σπίλος a spot), spotless: ἀμνός, 1 Pet 1:19; (ἵππος, Herodian, 5, 6, 16 (7,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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