- ἄσπιλος
- ἄσπιλος, ον (s. σπίλος; since IG II/5, 1054c, 4 [c. 300 B.C., Eleusis] of stones; Nägeli 38; Just., D. 110, 6; Mel., P. 12, 78)① pert. to being of highest quality and without defect, spotless, of an outward condition (ἵππος Herodian 5, 6, 7; μῆλον Antiphilus [I A.D.]: Anth. Pal. 6, 252, 3; ἀλέκτωρ PGM 2, 25; 3, 693; 13, 370; Cyranides p. 25, 26 λίθος; 36, 27) ἀμνὸς ἄμωμος καὶ ἄ. a lamb unblemished and spotless 1 Pt 1:19. ἀμνάδας ἀ. GJs 4:3.② pert. to being of untainted character, pure, without fault of inward condition, as of character (Job 15:15 Sym.) of Christians (w. ἀμώμητος) 2 Pt 3:14, cp. Jd 25 P72 et al. W. καθαρός Hv 4, 3, 5.—Of flesh (=person) w. ἀμίαντος Hs 5, 6, 7. ἄσπιλον ἑαυτὸν τηρεῖν ἀπὸ τ. κόσμου keep oneself unspotted by the world Js 1:27 (on the constr. w. ἀπό s. PGM 12, 260); τηρεῖν τὴν ἐντολήν ἄ. 1 Ti 6:14; τηρεῖν τὴν σφραγῖδα ἄ. 2 Cl 8:6.—DELG s.v. 2 σπίλος. M-M. TW.
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