Strong’s G4695 · Greek
σπιλόω
spilóō · spee-lo'-o
Origin from σπίλος (G4696);
Meaning to stain or soil (literally or figuratively)
In the King James Version defile, spot.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
- Jude 1:23And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.