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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 he had defiled Dinah his daughter. Now his sons were with his livestock in the field; so Jacob held his peace until they came.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 - But the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father, and spoke deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27 - The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because their sister had been defiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:4 - Unstable as water, you shall not excel,
Because you went up to your father’s bed;
Then you defiled it—
He went up to my couch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:25 - ‘And if you make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone; for if you use your tool on it, you have profaned it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:3 - ‘Or if he touches human uncleanness—whatever uncleanness with which a man may be defiled, and he is unaware of it—when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:24 - ‘By these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43 - ‘You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps; nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them, lest you be defiled by them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:44 - ‘For I am the LORD your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:3 - “The priest shall examine the sore on the skin of the body; and if the hair on the sore has turned white, and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a leprous sore. Then the priest shall examine him, and pronounce him unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:8 - “And if the priest sees that the scab has indeed spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is leprosy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:11 - “it is an old leprosy on the skin of his body. The priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not isolate him, for he is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:14 - “But when raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:15 - “And the priest shall examine the raw flesh and pronounce him to be unclean; for the raw flesh is unclean. It is leprosy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20 - “and if, when the priest sees it, it indeed appears deeper than the skin, and its hair has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a leprous sore which has broken out of the boil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:22 - “and if it should at all spread over the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a leprous sore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:25 - “then the priest shall examine it; and indeed if the hair of the bright spot has turned white, and it appears deeper than the skin, it is leprosy broken out in the burn. Therefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a leprous sore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:27 - “And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day. If it has at all spread over the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a leprous sore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:30 - “then the priest shall examine the sore; and indeed if it appears deeper than the skin, and there is in it thin yellow hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a scaly leprosy of the head or beard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:44 - “he is a leprous man. He is unclean. The priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his sore is on his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:59

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:59 - “This is the law of the leprous plague in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp or woof, or in anything made of leather, to pronounce it clean or to pronounce it unclean.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:31 - ‘Thus you shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness when they defile My tabernacle that is among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:32 - ‘This is the law for one who has a discharge, and for him who emits semen and is unclean thereby,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:24

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:25 - ‘For the land is defiled; therefore I visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:27 - ‘(for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who were before you, and thus the land is defiled),

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:28 - ‘lest the land vomit you out also when you defile it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30 - ‘Therefore you shall keep My ordinance, so that you do not commit any of these abominable customs which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: I am the LORD your God.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3 - ‘I will set My face against that man, and will cut him off from his people, because he has given some of his descendants to Molech, to defile My sanctuary and profane My holy name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:1 - And the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: ‘None shall defile himself for the dead among his people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:3 - ‘also his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband, for her he may defile himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:4 - ‘Otherwise he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:11 - ‘nor shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or his mother;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:5 - ‘or whoever touches any creeping thing by which he would be made unclean, or any person by whom he would become unclean, whatever his uncleanness may be—

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:8 - ‘Whatever dies naturally or is torn by beasts he shall not eat, to defile himself with it: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:3 - “You shall put out both male and female; you shall put them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camps in the midst of which I dwell.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13 - ‘and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and it is concealed that she has defiled herself, and there was no witness against her, nor was she caught—

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:14 - ‘if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he becomes jealous of his wife, who has defiled herself; or if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he becomes jealous of his wife, although she has not defiled herself—

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - ‘And the priest shall put her under oath, and say to the woman, “If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone astray to uncleanness while under your husband’s authority, be free from this bitter water that brings a curse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:20 - “But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority, and if you have defiled yourself and some man other than your husband has lain with you”—

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - ‘When he has made her drink the water, then it shall be, if she has defiled herself and behaved unfaithfully toward her husband, that the water that brings a curse will enter her and become bitter, and her belly will swell, her thigh will rot, and the woman will become a curse among her people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:28 - ‘But if the woman has not defiled herself, and is clean, then she shall be free and may conceive children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:29 - ‘This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, while under her husband’s authority, goes astray and defiles herself,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:7 - ‘He shall not make himself unclean even for his father or his mother, for his brother or his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is on his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:9 - ‘And if anyone dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles his consecrated head, then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he shall shave it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:12 - ‘He shall consecrate to the LORD the days of his separation, and bring a male lamb in its first year as a trespass offering; but the former days shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:13 - ‘Whoever touches the body of anyone who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person shall be cut off from Israel. He shall be unclean, because the water of purification was not sprinkled on him; his uncleanness is still on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:20 - ‘But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from among the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:34 - ‘Therefore do not defile the land which you inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell; for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:23 - “his body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, so that you do not defile the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance; for he who is hanged is accursed of God.

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