To defile
μολύνωStrong’s G3435molunō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Molunō is the Greek word usually translated “it is defiled”, “soiled” and “was defiled”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.”
Meaning
Usually translated “it is defiled”, “soiled” and “was defiled”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- it is defiled 1
- soiled 1
- was defiled 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 2
- 1 Corinthians 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Revelation 3:4Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
- Revelation 14:4These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
Greek dictionary
μολύνω molunō · to defile
μολύνω [in LXX: Gen.37:31 (טָבַל), Isa.59:3 (גָּאַל ni.), Zec.14:2 (שָׁכַב ni.), Sir.21:28, al. ;] to stain, soil, defile; in NT always symb. and figuratively: 1Co.8:7, Rev.3:4 14:4.† SYN.: μιαίνω, q.v (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “defile” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEFILE, verb transitive
- To make unclean; to render foul or dirty; in a general sense.
- To make impure; to render turbid; as, the water or liquor is defiled.
- To soil or sully; to tarnish; as reputation, etc.“They shall defile thy brightness” Ezekiel 28:7
- To pollute; to make ceremonially unclean.“That which dieth of itself, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith” Leviticus 22:8
All definitions and other forms of “defile”
- To corrupt chastity; to debauch; to violate; to tarnish the purity of character by lewdness.
- To taint, in a moral sense; to corrupt; to vitiate; to render impure with sin.“DEFILE not yourselves with the idols of Egypt” Ezekiel 20:7“He hath defiled the sanctuary of the Lord” Numbers 19:20
DEFILE, verb intransitive
[Latin A thread.]
To march off in a line, or file by file; to file off.
DEFILE, noun
A narrow passage or way, in which troops may march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long narrow pass, as between hills, etc.
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.