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Lexicon :: Strong's G3392 - miainō

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μιαίνω
Transliteration
miainō (Key)
Pronunciation
me-ah'-ee-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps a primary verb
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:644,593

Trench's Synonyms: xxxi. μολύνω, μιαίνω.

Strong’s Definitions

μιαίνω miaínō, me-ah'-ee-no; perhaps a primary verb; to sully or taint, i.e. contaminate (ceremonially or morally):—defile.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G3392 in the following manner: defile (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G3392 in the following manner: defile (5x).

  1. to dye with another colour, to stain

  2. to defile, pollute, sully, contaminate, soil

    1. to defile with sins

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μιαίνω miaínō, me-ah'-ee-no; perhaps a primary verb; to sully or taint, i.e. contaminate (ceremonially or morally):—defile.
STRONGS G3392:
μιαίνω; passive, 1 aorist subjunctive 3 person plural μιανθῶσιν; perfect 3 person singular μεμίανται (unless it be better to take this form as a plural; cf. Krüger, § 33, 3 Anm. 9; Alexander Buttmann (1873) Gram. § 101 Anm. 7; Ausf. Spr. § 101 Anm. 13; Buttmann, 41 (36); (Winer's Grammar, § 58, 6 b. β.)), participle μεμιασμενος (Titus 1:15 R G) and μειαμμενος (ibid. L T Tr WH; also Wis. 7:25; Tobit 2:9; Josephus, b. j. 4, 5, 2 edition, Bekker; cf. Matthiae, i., p. 415; Krüger, § 40, under the word; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 35; Otto on Theophil. ad Autol. 1, 1, p. 2f; (Veitch, under the word)); from Homer down;
1. to dye with another color, to stain: ἐλέφαντα φοίνικι, Homer Iliad 4, 141.
2. to defile, pollute, sully, contaminate, soil (the Sept. often for טִמֵּא): in a physical and a moral sense, σάρκα (of licentiousness), Jude 1:8; in a moral sense, τόν συνείδησιν, τόν νοῦν, passive Titus 1:15; absolutely, to defile with sin, passive ibid. and in Hebrews 12:15; for הֶחֱטִיא, Deuteronomy 24:6(4); in a ritual sense, of men, passive John 18:28 (Leviticus 22:5, 8; Numbers 19:13, 20; Tobit 2:9).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
22:5; 22:8
Numbers
19:13; 19:20
Deuteronomy
24:6
John
18:28
Titus
1:15; 1:15
Hebrews
12:15
Jude
1:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3392 matches the Greek μιαίνω (miainō),
which occurs 110 times in 100 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 34:5–Deu 21:23)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:5 - And Jacob heard that the son of Emmor had defiled Dina his daughter (now his sons were with his cattle in the plain). And Jacob was silent until they came.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 - And the sons of Jacob answered to Sychem and Emmor his father craftily, and spoke to them, because they had defiled Dina their sister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27 - But the sons of Jacob came upon the [fn]wounded, and ravaged the city wherein they had defiled Dina their sister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:4 - Thou wast insolent like water, burst not forth with violence, for thou wentest up to the bed of thy father; then thou defiledst the couch, whereupon thou wentest up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:25 - And if thou wilt make to me an altar of stones, thou shalt not build them hewn stones; for thou hast lifted up thy tool upon them, and they are defiled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:3 - or should touch the uncleanness of a man, of whatever kind, which he may touch and be defiled by, and it should have escaped him, but afterwards he should know,—then he shall have transgressed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:24 - And by these ye shall be defiled; every one that touches their carcases shall be unclean till the evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43 - And ye shall not defile your souls with any of the reptiles that creep upon the earth, and ye shall not be polluted with them, and ye shall not be unclean by them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:44 - For I am the Lord your God; and ye shall be sanctified, and ye shall be holy, because I the Lord your God am holy; and ye shall not defile your souls with any of the reptiles creeping upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:3 - And the priest shall view the spot in the skin of his flesh; and if the hair in the spot be changed to white, and the appearance of the spot be below the skin of the flesh, it is a plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look upon it, and pronounce him unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:8 - and the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, if the mark have spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:11 - it is a leprosy waxing old in the skin of the flesh; and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall separate him, because he is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:14 - But on whatsoever day the quick flesh shall appear on him, he shall be pronounced unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:15 - And the priest shall look upon the sound flesh, and the sound flesh shall prove him to be unclean; for it is unclean, it is a leprosy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20 - then the priest shall look, and, behold, if the appearance be beneath the skin, and its hair has changed to white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; because it is a leprosy, it has broken out in the ulcer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:22 - But if it manifestly spread over the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy; it has broken out in the ulcer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:25 - then the priest shall look upon him, and, behold, if the hair being white is changed to a bright colour, and its appearance is lower than the skin, it is a leprosy; it has broken out in the inflammation, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:27 - And the priest shall look upon him on the seventh day; and if the spot be much spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy, it has broken out in the ulcer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:30 - then the priest shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the appearance of it be beneath the skin, and in it there be thin yellowish hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a scurf, it is a leprosy of the head or a leprosy of the beard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:44 - he is a leprous man: the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean, his plague is in his head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:59

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:59 - This is the law of the plague of leprosy of a woollen or linen garment, either of the warp, or woof, or any leathern article, to pronounce it clean or unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:31 - And ye shall cause the children of Israel to beware of their uncleannesses; so they shall not die for their uncleanness, in polluting my tabernacle that is among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:32 - This is the law of the man who has an issue, and if one discharge seed of copulation, so that he should be polluted by it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:24 - Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for in all these things the nations are defiled, which I drive out before you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:25 - and the land is polluted; and I have recompensed their iniquity to them because of it, and the land is aggrieved with them that dwell upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:27 - (for all these abominations the men of the land did who were before you, and the land was defiled,)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:28 - and lest the land be aggrieved with you in your polluting it, as it was aggrieved with the nations before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30 - And ye shall keep mine ordinances, that ye may not do any of the abominable practices, which have taken place before your time: and ye shall not be polluted in them; for I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3 - And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from his people, because he has given of his seed to Moloch, to defile my sanctuary, and profane the name of them that are consecrated to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:1 - And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt tell them that they shall not defile themselves in their nation for the dead,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:3 - and for a virgin sister that is near to one, that is not espoused to a man; for these one shall defile himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:4 - He shall not defile himself suddenly among his people to profane himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:11 - neither shall he go in to any dead body, neither shall he defile himself for his father or his mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:5 - or whosoever shall touch any unclean reptile, which will defile him, or who shall touch a man, whereby he shall defile him according to all his uncleanness:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:8 - He shall not eat that which dies of itself, or is taken of beasts, so that he should be polluted by them: I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:3 - Whether male or female, send them forth out of the camp; and they shall not defile their camps in which I dwell among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13 - and supposing any one shall lie with her carnally, and the thing shall be hid from the eyes of her husband, and she should conceal it and be herself defiled, and there be no witness with her, and she should not be taken;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:14 - and there should come upon him a spirit of jealousy, and he should be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled; or there should come upon him a spirit of jealousy, and he should be jealous of his wife, and she should not be defiled;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - And the priest shall adjure her, and shall say to the woman, If no one has lain with thee, and if thou hast not transgressed so as to be polluted, being under the power of thy husband, be free from this water of the conviction that causes the curse.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:20 - But if being a married woman thou hast transgressed, or been polluted, and any one has lain with thee, beside thy husband:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - And it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have altogether escaped the notice of her husband, then the water of the conviction that brings the curse shall enter into her; and she shall swell in her belly, and her thigh shall rot, and the woman shall be for a curse in the midst of her people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:28 - But if the woman have not been polluted, and be clean, then shall she be guiltless and shall [fn]conceive seed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:29 - This is the law of jealousy, wherein a married woman should happen to transgress, and be defiled;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:7 - to his father or his mother, or to his brother or his sister; he shall not defile himself for them, when they have died, because the vow of God is upon him on his head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:9 - And if any one should die suddenly by him, immediately the head of his vow shall be defiled; and he shall shave his head in whatever day he shall be purified: on the seventh day he shall be shaved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:12 - in which he was consecrated to the Lord, all the days of his vow; and he shall bring a lamb of a year old for a trespass-offering; and the former days shall not be reckoned, because the head of his vow was polluted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:13 - Every one that touches the carcase of the person of a man, if he should have died, and the other not have been purified, has defiled the tabernacle of the Lord: that soul shall be cut off from Israel, because the water of sprinkling has not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:20 - And whatever man shall be defiled and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the congregation, because he has defiled the holy things of the Lord, because the water of sprinkling has not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:34 - And ye shall not defile the land whereon ye dwell, on which I dwell in the midst of you; for I am the Lord dwelling in the midst of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:23 - his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but ye shall by all means bury it in that day; for [fn] every one that is hanged on a tree is cursed of God; and ye shall by no means defile the land which the Lord thy God gives thee for an inheritance.

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