Lexical Summary amiantos: undefiled Original Word: ἀμίαντοςTransliteration: amiantos Phonetic Spelling: (am-ee'-an-tos) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: undefiled Meaning: undefiled Strong's Concordance undefiled. From a (as a negative particle) and a derivative of miaino; unsoiled, i.e. (figuratively) pure -- undefiled. see GREEK a see GREEK miaino Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 283: ἀμίαντοςἀμίαντος, (μιαίνω), "not defiled, unsoiled; free from that by which the nature of a thing is deformed and debased, or its force and vigor impaired": καίτη pure, free from adultery, Hebrews 13:4; κληρονομία (without defect), 1 Peter 1:4; θρησκεία, James 1:27; pure from sin, Hebrews 7:26. (Also in the Greek writings; in an ethical sense, Plato, legg. 6, p. 777 e.; Plutarch, Periel. e. 39 βίος καθαρός καί ἀμίαντος.) |