Blameless
ἄμεμπτοςStrong’s G0273amemptos
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Amemptos is the Greek word usually translated “blameless” and “faultless”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.”
Meaning
Usually translated “blameless” and “faultless”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- blameless 3
- faultless 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Philippians 2
- Luke 1
- 1 Thessalonians 1
- Hebrews 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Philippians 2:15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
- Philippians 3:6Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:13To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
- Hebrews 8:7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
Greek dictionary
ἄμεμπτος amemptos · blameless
ἄ-μεμπτος, -ον (μέμφομσι), [in LXX chiefly for תָּם ;] blameless, free from fault (in π. of a marriage-contract; M, Th., I, 3:13; cf. MM, VGT, see word): Luk.1:6, Php.2:15 3:6, 1Th.3:13 (WH, mg., -ως) Heb.8:7.† SYN.: ἄμωμος, ἀνέγκλητος, ἀνεπίλημπτος, which see (Tr., Syn., § ciii) (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “blameless” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BLA'MELESS, adjective
Without fault; innocent; guiltless; not meriting censure.
- “A bishop then must be blameless” 1 Timothy 3:2“We will be blameless of this thine oath” Joshua 2:17
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.