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Blameless

ἄμωμοςStrong’s G0299

amōmos

Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament

In short

Amōmos is the Greek word usually translated “blameless”, “unblemished” and “without blemish”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.

“Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,”
Jude 1:24 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “blameless”, “unblemished” and “without blemish”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • blameless 5
  • unblemished 2
  • without blemish 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Ephesians 2
  • Philippians 1
  • Colossians 1
  • Hebrews 1
  • 1 Peter 1
  • Jude 1

7 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἄμωμος amōmos · blameless

ἄ-μωμος, -ον (μῶμος, which see), [in LXX chiefly for תָּמִים ]; of sacrificial victims, without blemish: of Christ, Heb.9:14, 1Pe.1:19; etbically, unblemished, faultless: Eph.1:4 5:27, Php.2:15, Col.1:22, Ju 24, Rev.14:5 (Cremer, 425, 788; MM, VGT, see word).† SYN.: ἀμίαντος, ἄσπιλος (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.

  1. “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.