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Blemish

Whatever renders a person or thing imperfect or uncomely. The Jewish law required the priests to be free from blemishes of person, Lev. This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
  • Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: concordance
  • Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
  • Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H1848, G3470, H3971, H8400
Hebrew
דֳּפִי · dophîy
Greek
μῶμος · mōmos

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

μῶμος

G3470
Transliteration
mōmos
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

blemish

Lexicon definition

μῶμος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX, of physical blemishes : Lev.21:17 ff., Deu.15:21, Sng.4:7, al. (מאוּם); of mental defect, Sir.20:24, al. ;] __1. in cl. poets and late prose, blame, disgrace. __2. In LXX, perb. because of resemblance to a physical blemish (cf. ἄμωμος, 1Pe.1:19, and see Hort., in l); metaphorically, of licentious persons, 2Pe.2:13.† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

מאוּם

H3971
Transliteration
mʼûwm
Pronunciation
moom
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
21

Glosses

blemish, blot, spot.

Lexicon definition

to stain

a blemish (physically or morally)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

תְּבַּלֻּל

H8400
Transliteration
tᵉballul
Pronunciation
teb-al-lool'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

blemish.

Lexicon definition

a cataract (in the eye)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

μῶμος

G3470
Transliteration
mōmos
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

blemish

Lexicon definition

a flaw or blot, i.e. (figuratively) disgraceful person

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Blemish

Imperfection or bodily deformity excluding men from the priesthood, and rendering animals unfit to be offered in sacrifice (Lev. 21:17-23; 22:19-25). The Christian church, as justified in Christ, is "without blemish" (Eph. 5:27). Christ offered himself a sacrifice "without blemish," acceptable to God (1 Pet. 1:19).

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

BLEMISH

whatever renders a person or thing imperfect or uncomely. The Jewish law required the priests to be free from blemishes of person, Lev. xxi, 17–23; xxii, 20–24. Scandalous professors are blemishes to the church of God, 2 Peter ii, 13; Jude 12, and therefore ought to be put away from it, in the exercise of a godly discipline.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Blemish

Indexed occurrences: 14

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Strong's Concordance

Blemishes

Indexed occurrences: 1

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All Scripture references18 references

Exodus 1

Exodus 29:1

Leviticus 9

Leviticus 3:1Leviticus 3:6Leviticus 4:3Leviticus 9:2Leviticus 9:3Leviticus 21:17Leviticus 22:19Leviticus 22:21Leviticus 23:12

Psalms 1

Psalms 50:20

Ezekiel 3

Ezekiel 45:18Ezekiel 45:23Ezekiel 46:6

Daniel 1

Daniel 1:4

Ephesians 1

Ephesians 5:27

1 Peter 1

1 Peter 1:19

2 Peter 1

2 Peter 2:13

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Blemish

Imperfection or bodily deformity excluding men from the priesthood, and rendering animals unfit to be offered in sacrifice (Lev. 21:17-23; 22:19-25). The Christian church, as justified in Christ, is "without blemish" (Eph. 5:27). Christ offered himself a sacrifice "without blemish," acceptable to God (1 Pet. 1:19).

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