μιαίνω

miainō

to stain

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Strong’s G3392Verb5 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Translated as

they may be defiled1

defiled1

have been defiled1

may be defiled1

defile1

In the text

John 18:28μιανθῶσιν
Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
Titus 1:15μεμιαμμένοις
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
Hebrews 12:15μιανθῶσιν
See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
Jude 1:8μιαίνουσιν
Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.

Abbott-Smith

μιαίνω
[in LXX chiefly for טָמֵא ;]

1. to dye or stain.

2. to stain, defile, soil;

(a) in physical sense;

(b) in moral sense : Tit.1:15, Heb.12:15, Ju 8;

(with) in ritual sense (cf. Lev.22:5, al.): Jhn.18:28.†
SYN.: μολύνω, to besmear, which also differs from μ. in that it is never used, as μ. in its primary meaning, in an honourable sense (cf. Tr., Syn., § xxxi)
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.