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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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:5 -

Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent until they returned.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 -

But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27 -

Jacob’s sons came to the slaughter and plundered the city because their sister had been defiled.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:4 -

“Turbulent as water, you will not excel,

because you got into your father’s bed

and you defiled it ​— ​he[fn] got into my bed.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:25 -

“If you make a stone altar for me, do not build it out of cut stones. If you use your chisel on it, you will defile it.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:3 -

“Or if he touches human uncleanness ​— ​any uncleanness by which one can become defiled ​— ​without being aware of it, but later recognizes it, he incurs guilt.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:24 -

“These will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43 -

“Do not become contaminated by any creature that swarms; do not become unclean or defiled by them.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:44 -

“For I am the LORD your God, so you must consecrate yourselves and be holy because I am holy. Do not defile yourselves by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:3 -

“The priest will examine the sore on the skin of his body. If the hair in the sore has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is in fact a serious skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:8 -

“The priest will examine him, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest must pronounce him unclean; he has a serious skin disease.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:11 -

“it is a chronic serious disease on the skin of his body, and the priest must pronounce him unclean. He need not quarantine him, for he is unclean.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:14 -

“But whenever raw flesh appears on him, he will be unclean.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:15 -

“When the priest examines the raw flesh, he must pronounce him unclean. Raw flesh is unclean; this is a serious skin disease.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20 -

“The priest will make an examination, and if the spot seems to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a case of serious skin disease that has broken out in the boil.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:22 -

“If it spreads further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is in fact a disease.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:25 -

“the priest is to examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a serious skin disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a serious skin disease.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:27 -

“The priest will reexamine him on the seventh day. If it has spread further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is in fact a case of serious skin disease.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:30 -

“the priest is to examine the condition. If it appears to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and sparse, the priest must pronounce the person unclean. It is a scaly outbreak, a serious skin disease of the head or chin.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:44 -

“the man is afflicted with a serious skin disease; he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean; the infection is on his head.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:59 -

“This is the law concerning a mildew contamination in wool or linen fabric, warp or weft, or any leather article, in order to pronounce it clean or unclean.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:31 -

“You must keep the Israelites from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling my tabernacle that is among them.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:32 -

“This is the law for someone with a discharge: a man who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean by it;

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:24 -

“Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:25 -

“The land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its iniquity, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:27 -

“For the people who were in the land prior to you have committed all these detestable acts, and the land has become defiled.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:28 -

“If you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it has vomited out the nations that were before you.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30 -

“You must keep my instruction to not do any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them; I am the LORD your God.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3 -

“I will turn[fn] against that man and cut him off from his people, because he gave his offspring to Molech, defiling my sanctuary and profaning my holy name.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:1 -

The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them: A priest is not to make himself ceremonially unclean for a dead person among his relatives,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:3 -

“He may make himself unclean for his unmarried virgin sister in his immediate family.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:4 -

“He is not to make himself unclean for those related to him by marriage[fn] and so defile himself.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:11 -

“He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:5 -

“or whoever touches any swarming creature that makes him unclean or any person who makes him unclean ​— ​whatever his uncleanness ​— ​

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:8 -

“He must not eat an animal that died naturally or was mauled by wild beasts,[fn] making himself unclean by it; I am the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:3 -

“Send away both male or female; send them outside the camp, so that they will not defile their camps where I dwell among them.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13 -

“and sleeps with another,[fn] but it is concealed from her husband, and she is undetected, even though she has defiled herself, since there is no witness against her, and she wasn’t caught in the act;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:14 -

“and if a feeling of jealousy comes over the husband and he becomes jealous because of his wife who has defiled herself ​— ​or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he becomes jealous of her though she has not defiled herself ​— ​

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 -

“The priest will require the woman to take an oath and will say to her, ‘If no man has slept with you, if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, be unaffected by this bitter water that brings a curse.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:20 -

“But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority, if you have defiled yourself and a man other than your husband has slept with you’ ​— ​

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 -

“When he makes her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her to cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, and her womb will shrivel. She will become a curse among her people.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:28 -

“But if the woman has not defiled herself and is pure, she will be unaffected and will be able to conceive children.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:29 -

“This is the law regarding jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:7 -

“He is not to defile himself for his father or mother, or his brother or sister, when they die, while the mark of consecration to his God is on his head.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:9 -

“If someone suddenly dies near him, defiling his consecrated head, he must shave his head on the day of his purification; he is to shave it on the seventh day.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:12 -

“He is to rededicate his time of consecration to the LORD and to bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. But do not count the initial period of consecration because it became defiled.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:13 -

“Anyone who touches a body of a person who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person will be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean because the water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:20 -

“But a person who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person will be cut off from the assembly because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:34 -

“Do not make the land unclean where you live and where I dwell; for I, the LORD, reside among the Israelites.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:23 -

“you are not to leave his corpse on the tree overnight but are to bury him that day, for anyone hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.


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