Lexical Definition
μίασμα míasma (mee'-as-mah) defilement G:N-N
from μιαίνω ("miasma")
pollution.
- (morally) foulness (properly, the effect)
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| μιασμάτων | their defilements | LXX.Ezek.33.31 |
| μιάσματα | pollutions | 2Pet.2.20 |
| their defilements | LXX.Jer.32.34 | |
| μίασμά | it is a defilement | LXX.Lev.7.18 |
Abbott-Smith
μίασμα, -τος, τό (< μιαίνω), chiefly in trag. and late writers; [in LXX: Le 7:8* (18*) (פִּגּוּל), Je 39 (32):34 (שִׁקּוּץ), Ez 33:31 (בֶּצַע), Jth 9:2, 4 13:16, I Mac 13:50*;]
a stain, defilement: pl., II Pe 2:20.†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Leviticus | 7:8* · 7:18* |
| Jeremiah | 32:34 |
| Ezekiel | 33:31 |
| 2 Peter | 2:20 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
μίασμα-ασμα [ῐ], ατος, τό,
(μιαίνω) stain, defilement, especially by murder or other crime, taint of guilt, [μίασμαασμα εἰς οἴκους εἰσάγεσθαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.1.3; μ. τινὸς ἐπεξέρχεσθαι [prev. author] 4.3.6; τὸ μ. εἰς αὑτὸν δέχεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 871b: in \_plural\_, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1420, “Ch.” 1017; αἱμάτων μιάσμασι χρανθεῖσα γαῖα [prev. author] “Supp.” 265, etc. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II that which defiles, pollution, of persons, χώρας μ. καὶ θεῶν ἐγχωρίων [Refs]; πατροκτόνον μ. καὶ θεῶν στύγος, of Clytaemnestra, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in Prose more generally, πνεῦμα μεμιασμένον νοσηροῖσι μιάσμασι [Refs 5th c.BC+]