μιαίνω
miainō · defile
Greek word · Strong’s number G3392 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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miainō (μιαίνω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “defile”.
Stain; make impure according to the law.
How to say it
mi·ai·nō
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
- Make impure, stain.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- defiled ×4
- defile ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- John 18:28
So they lead Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium. It was early. And they themselves did not enter into the praetorium, so that they would not be defiled but could eat the Passover.
- Titus 1:15
All things are clean to the clean; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is clean; rather, both their mind and conscience have been defiled.
- Hebrews 12:15
seeing to it that no one falls short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and through it many become defiled;
- Jude 1:8
Yet in the same way these dreamers also defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glories.
And 1 more times.