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Lexicon :: Strong's G3435 - molynō

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μολύνω
Transliteration
molynō (Key)
Pronunciation
mol-oo'-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from μέλας (G3189)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:736,606

Trench's Synonyms: xxxi. μολύνω, μιαίνω.

Strong’s Definitions

μολύνω molýnō, mol-oo'-no; probably from G3189; to soil (figuratively):—defile.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3435 in the following manner: defile (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3435 in the following manner: defile (3x).

  1. to pollute, stain, contaminate, defile

    1. used in NT of those who have not kept themselves pure from the defilements of sin, who have soiled themselves by fornication and adultery

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μολύνω molýnō, mol-oo'-no; probably from G3189; to soil (figuratively):—defile.
STRONGS G3435:
μολύνω: 1 aorist active ἐμόλυνα; passive present μολύνομαι; 1 aorist ἐμολυνθην; from Aristophanes down; to pollute, stain, contaminate, defile; in the N. T. used only in symbolic and figurative discourse: οὐκ ἐμόλυναν τά ἱμάτια αὐτῶν, of those who have kept themselves pure from the defilement of sin, Revelation 3:4 (cf. Zechariah 3:3f); μετά γυναικῶν οὐκ ἐμολύνθησαν, who have not soiled themselves by fornication and adultery, Revelation 14:4; ἡ συνείδησις μολύνεται, of a conscience reproached (defiled) by sin, 1 Corinthians 8:7 (inexplebili quodam laedendi proposito conscientiam polluebat, Ammianus Marcellinus 15, 2; opposed to καθαρά συνείδησις, 1 Timothy 3:9; 2 Timothy 1:3; μολύνειν τήν ψυχήν, Sir. 21:28; but see μιαίνω, 2). (Synonym: see μιαίνω, at the end.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Zechariah
3:3
1 Corinthians
8:7
1 Timothy
3:9
2 Timothy
1:3
Revelation
3:4; 14:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3435 matches the Greek μολύνω (molynō),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:31 - And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:3 - I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:3 - For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:4 - Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:10 - Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:11 - For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:14 - They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:17 - All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:7 - And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:2 - For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
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