amōmos · blameless, without blemish

What it means

amōmos (ἄμωμος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “blameless, without blemish”.

Without blemish, without defect, like an animal fit to be offered to God; blameless.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Flawless, like a lamb fit to offer to God.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• without blemish ×5
• without defect ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Ephesians×2
• Philippians×1
• Colossians×1
• Hebrews×1
• 1 Peter×1
• Jude×1
• Revelation×1

• Ephesians 1:4

  just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world for us to be holy and without blemish before him in love,

• Ephesians 5:27

  so that he himself might present the assembly to himself glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any of such things, but that she might be holy and without blemish.

• Philippians 2:15

  so that you may become blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

• Colossians 1:22

  but now you have been reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and above reproach before him,

• Hebrews 9:14

  how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to worship the living God!

• 1 Peter 1:19

  but with the precious blood of the Messiah, as of a lamb without defect and unstained,

• Jude 1:24

  Now to the one who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glory without defect with great joy,

• Revelation 14:5

  and in their mouth no lie was found; they are without defect.