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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 29 times in 27 verses in 'Eze' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:14 - But I said, “Ah, Lord [fn]GOD! Behold, I have never been defiled; for from my youth until now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has any unclean meat ever entered my mouth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - ‘So as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘surely, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominations, therefore I will also withdraw, and My eye will have no pity and I will not spare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:22 - ‘I will also turn My face from them, and they will profane My secret place; then robbers will enter and profane it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:24 - ‘Therefore, I will bring the worst of the nations, and they will possess their houses. I will also make the pride of the strong ones cease, and their holy places will be profaned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:7 - And He said to them, “Defile the [fn]temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” Thus they went out and struck down the people in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:11 - in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Thus they will be My people, and I shall be their God,”’ declares the Lord GOD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:6 - and does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period—

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:11 - (though he himself did not do any of these things), that is, he even eats at the mountain shrines, and defiles his neighbor’s wife,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:15 - “He does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:7 - “I said to them, ‘Cast away, each of you, the detestable things of his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:18 - “I said to their [fn]children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:26 - and I pronounced them unclean because of their gifts, in that they caused all [fn]their firstborn to pass through the fire so that I might make them desolate, in order that they might know that I am the LORD.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:30 - “Therefore, say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Will you defile yourselves [fn]after the manner of your fathers and play the harlot after their detestable things?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:31 - “[fn]When you offer your gifts, when you cause your sons to pass through the fire, you are defiling yourselves with all your idols to this day. And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “I will not be inquired of by you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:43

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:43 - “There you will remember your ways and all your deeds with which you have defiled yourselves; and you will loathe yourselves in your own [fn]sight for all the evil things that you have done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:3 - “You shall say, ‘Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, “A city shedding blood in her midst, so that her time will come, and that makes idols, contrary to her interest, for defilement!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:4 - “You have become guilty by [fn]the blood which you have shed, and defiled by your idols which you have made. Thus you have brought your [fn]day near and have come to your years; therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mocking to all the lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:11 - “One has committed abomination with his neighbor’s wife and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law. And another in you has humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:7 - “She bestowed her harlotries on them, all of whom were the choicest [fn]men of Assyria; and with all whom she lusted after, with all their idols she defiled herself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:13 - “I saw that she had defiled herself; they both took [fn]the same way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:17 - “The [fn]Babylonians came to her to the bed of love and defiled her with their harlotry. And when she had been defiled by them, [fn]she became disgusted with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:30 - ‘These things will be done to you because you have played the harlot with the nations, because you have defiled yourself with their idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:38 - “Again, they have done this to Me: they have defiled My sanctuary on the same day and have profaned My sabbaths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:13 - “In your filthiness is lewdness.
Because I would have cleansed you,
Yet you are not clean,
You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again
Until I have [fn]spent My wrath on you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:17 - “Son of man, when the house of Israel was living in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds; their way before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:23 - “They will no longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their [fn]dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will be their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:25 - “[fn]They shall not go to a dead person to defile themselves; however, for father, for mother, for son, for daughter, for brother, or for a sister who has not had a husband, they may defile themselves.
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