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Bible Lexicons
Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary Greek Lexicon
Strong's #3436 - μολυσμός
Transliteration
molysmós
Phonetics
mol-oos-mos'
Origin
from (G3435)
Parts of Speech
masculine noun
TDNT
4:737,606
Definition
- Thayer
- Strong
- Mounce
Thayer's
- defilement, an action by which anything is defiled
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results

ASV (1)
2 Corinthians
1
BSB (1)
2 Corinthians
1
CSB (1)
2 Corinthians
1
ESV (1)
2 Corinthians
1
KJV (1)
2 Corinthians
1
LEB (0)
The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
LSB (1)
2 Corinthians
1
N95 (1)
2 Corinthians
1
NAS (1)
2 Corinthians
1
NLT (1)
2 Corinthians
1
WEB (1)
2 Corinthians
1
YLT (1)
2 Corinthians
1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions
μολ-υσμός, ὁ,
defilement, pollution, LXX Jeremiah 23:15, Aristeas 166, Str. 17.2.4, 2 Corinthians 7:1, J. Ap. 1.32 (pl.), Plu. 2.779c (pl.), Iamb. Myst. 5.4.
Thayer's Expanded Definition
μολυσμός, μολυσμοῦ, ὁ (μολύνω), defilement (Vulg. inquinamentum); an action by which anything is defiled: with the genitive of the thing defiled, σαρκός καί πνεύματος, 2 Corinthians 7:1. (Jeremiah 23:15; 1 Esdr. 8:80; 2 Macc. 5:27; Plutarch, mor., p. 779 c.; (Josephus, contra Apion 1, 32, 2; 2, 24, 5; etc.); often in ecclesiastical writings.)
Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament
† μολυσμός , -οῦ , ὁ
(< μολύνω ),
[in LXX: Jeremiah 23:15 (H2613), 1 Esdras 8:83, 2 Maccabees 5:27*;]
defilement: c. gen. obj., 2 Corinthians 7:1 (Plut., FlJ).†
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
μολυσμός μολυσμου μολυσμού μολυσμοῦ molusmou molysmou molysmoû