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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 - So they took Joseph’s tunic and slaughtered a male goat and dipped the tunic in the blood;

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:3 -

“I have taken off my long-sleeved garment,

How can I put it on again?

I have washed my feet,

How can I dirty them again?

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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 a lie;

Your tongue mutters unrighteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:4 -

Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places,

Who eat swine’s flesh,

And the broth of offensive meat is in their pots,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:10 -

“Many shepherds have ruined My vineyard;

They have trampled down My portion;

They have made My desired portion

A desolate wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:11

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“For both prophet and priest are polluted;

Even in My house I have found their evil,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:14 -

Nun

They wandered, blind, in the streets;

They were defiled with blood

So that no one could touch their garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:17 - ‘All hands will hang limp, and all knees will [fn]become like water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:7 - “And it will be that when they say to you, ‘Why do you groan?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the report that is coming; and every heart will melt, all hands will fall limp, every spirit will [fn]faint, and all knees will [fn]be weak as water. Behold, it is coming, and it will happen,’ declares Lord Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:2 - Indeed, I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished, and half of the city will go forth in exile, but those left of the people will not be cut off from the city.
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