King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3393
Transliteration: miasma
Phonetic Spelling: (mee'-as-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a stain, defilement
Meaning: a stain, defilement
μίασμα, μιασματος, τό (μιαίνω), "that which defiles (cf. καύχημα, 2); defilement" (Vulg.coinquinatio): tropically, μιάσματα τοῦ κόσμου, vices the foulness of which contaminates one in his contact with the ungodly mass of mankind, 2 Peter 2:20. (Tragg., Antiphanes, Demosthenes, Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch; the Sept., Leviticus 7:8 (18); Jeremiah 39:34 (); Judith 9:2; 1 Macc. 13:50.)
Word Summary
miasma: a stain, defilement
Original Word: μίασμαTransliteration: miasma
Phonetic Spelling: (mee'-as-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a stain, defilement
Meaning: a stain, defilement
Strong's Concordance
pollution, foul deedFrom miaino ("miasma"); (morally) foulness (properly, the effect) -- pollution.
see GREEK miaino
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3393: μίασμαμίασμα, μιασματος, τό (μιαίνω), "that which defiles (cf. καύχημα, 2); defilement" (Vulg.coinquinatio): tropically, μιάσματα τοῦ κόσμου, vices the foulness of which contaminates one in his contact with the ungodly mass of mankind, 2 Peter 2:20. (Tragg., Antiphanes, Demosthenes, Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch; the Sept., Leviticus 7:8 (18); Jeremiah 39:34