STRONGS NUMBER G234


Word Summary
alisgēma: pollution
Original Word: ἀλίσγημα
Transliteration: alisgēma
Phonetic Spelling: (al-is'-ghem-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: pollution
Meaning: pollution
Strong's Concordance
pollution.

From alisgeo (to soil); (ceremonially) defilement -- pollution.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 234: ἀλίσγημα

ἀλίσγημα, (τος, τό (ἀλισγέω, to pollute, which occurs Sir. 40:29; Daniel 1:8; Malachi 1:7, 12; akin to ἀλίνω, ἀλινέω to besmear (Latinlinere, cf. Lob. Pathol. Element., p. 21; Rhemat., p. 123; Stephanus Thesaurus, Hesychius, Sturz, De Dial. Alex., p. 145)), pollution, contamination: Acts 15:20 (τοῦ ἀπέχεσθαι κτλ. to beware of pollution from the use of meats left from the heathen sacrifices, cf. Acts 15:29). Neither ἀλισγέω nor ἀλίσγημα occurs in Greek writings.