STRONGS NUMBER G3394


Word Summary
miasmos: the act of defiling
Original Word: μιασμός
Transliteration: miasmos
Phonetic Spelling: (mee-as-mos')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: the act of defiling
Meaning: the act of defiling
Strong's Concordance
uncleanness, contamination

From miaino; (morally) contamination (properly, the act) -- uncleanness.

see GREEK miaino

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3394: μιασμός

μιασμός, μιασμοῦ, (μιαίνω), the act of defiling, defilement, pollution: ἐπιθυμία μιασμοῦ, defiling lust (Winer's Grammar, § 34, 3 b.), 2 Peter 2:10. (Wis. 14:26; 1 Macc. 4:43; Plutarch, mor., p. 393 c.; Test xii. Patr. (test. Lev. 17; test. Benj. 8; Graecus Venetus (passim); Hermas, Past. sim. 5, 7, 2 [ET]).)