μι-ασμός G3394
defilement, the act or state of being polluted or contaminated
This masculine noun closely parallels G3393, denoting the act or state of defilement and moral pollution. In 2 Peter 2:10, it characterizes those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of defilement. The multilingual evidence identifies impurity and defilement (Spanish impureza). While nearly synonymous with miasma, this term may emphasize the process or state of defilement more than the defiling agent. Both words belong to the semantic field of cultic and moral contamination prevalent in Hellenistic religious discourse.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Second Peter 2:10 uses this term to characterize the corruption driving false teachers—they walk in passionate defilement. The cross-linguistic glosses emphasize impurity and contamination. The phrase 'lust of defilement' suggests not merely lustful acts but desire characterized by its defiling, polluting quality. Such defilement represents the opposite of the holiness to which believers are called, marking these teachers as thoroughly contaminated by the very corruption from which the gospel rescues. 1×
AR["النَّجاسَةِ"]·ben["কলুষতা"]·DE["Befleckung"]·EN["of-defilement"]·FR["μιασμοῦ"]·heb["שֶׁל-טֻמְאָה"]·HI["अशुद्धता-की"]·ID["najis"]·IT["miasmou"]·jav["najis"]·KO["더러움-의"]·PT["de-contaminação"]·RU["осквернения"]·ES["de-impureza"]·SW["ya-unajisi"]·TR["kirletenin"]·urd["ناپاکی-کی"]
Related Senses
H3548 1. priest, cultic officiant (750×)G5547 1. Christ, Messiah, Anointed One (540×)H5030 1. Prophet, divine spokesperson (317×)H5930a 1. burnt offering (sacrifice) (286×)H3881 1. Levites (priestly class) (283×)G4396 1. prophet, spokesperson of God (146×)H6944 1. sanctuary, holy place (129×)G0749 1. high priest, chief priest (123×)H6944 2. holiness, sacredness (abstract quality) (123×)G5330 1. Pharisee (99×)G4336 1. pray to God (86×)H6944 3. holy things, sacred offerings (plural) (86×)H3722a 1. make ritual atonement (Piel) (85×)H6912 1. bury (Qal active) (82×)H6419 1. pray (Hitpael) (80×)H6944 4. holiness (with possessive pronoun) (77×)H6942 1. sanctify, consecrate (Piel factitive) (76×)H2930a 1. Qal: be/become unclean (75×)H7819a 1. slaughter an animal (Qal active) (72×)H1486 1. lot (object cast for decisions) (71×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
μι-ασμός, ὁ, ={μίανσις}, LXX+NT+1st c.AD+ __2 scandal, crime, Refs 2nd c.AD+