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Spot
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or "a spot or stain," is used metaphorically (a) of moral blemish, Ephesians 5:27; (b) of lascivious and riotous persons, 2 Peter 2:13 .
is rendered "spots" in Jude 1:12 , AV: see ROCK , No. 2.
akin to A, No. 1, is used in Jude 1:23 , in the clause "hating even the garment spotted by the flesh," the garment representing that which, being brought into contact with the polluting element of the flesh, becomes defiled: see CLOTHING , No. 3 (last par.). See DEFILE , No. 4.
"unspotted, unstained" (a, negative, and A), is used of a lamb, 1 Peter 1:19; metaphorically, of keeping a commandment without alteration and in the fulfillment of it, 1 Timothy 6:14; of the believer in regard to the world, James 1:27 , and free from all defilement in the sight of God, 2 Peter 3:14 .
Note: For amomos, in Hebrews 9:14 , AV, see BLEMISH , B.These files are public domain.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Spot'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/s/spot.html. 1940.
