Word Study · Strong's G4696 · Greek

σπίλος

spilos

spee'-los

Strong's 1890 spelling: spílos

“a stain or blemish, i.e. (figuratively) defect, disgrace”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a stain or blemish, i.e. (figuratively) defect, disgrace

Rendered in the KJV as

spot.

2
occurrencesin the New Testament
2 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

σπίλοι1
σπίλον1

How it is rendered · 2

blots1
spot1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1
noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

N-ASM · 1
N-NPM · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Ephesians1 of 2 · 50%
2 Peter1 of 2 · 50%

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Ephesians1 occurrence

Ephesians 5:27σπίλονspilonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularand to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.here: spot

2 Peter1 occurrence

2 Peter 2:13σπίλοιspiloinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralThe harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.here: blots

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