What does ἄμεμπτος (ámemptos) mean in the Bible?
ἄμεμπτος (ámemptos): Blameless character before others; free from legitimate accusation or reproach in conduct
Greek · G273
ἄμεμπτος
Irreproachable
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ἄμεμπτοςG273
Pronunciationámemptos
What does ἄμεμπτος (ámemptos) mean in the Bible?
ἄμεμπτος (ámemptos): Blameless character before others; free from legitimate accusation or reproach in conduct
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G273?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include blameless (1), blamelessly (1), faultless (1), in blamelessness (1), without fault (1).
Where does ἄμεμπτος (ámemptos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 1:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Philippians (2), 1 Thessalonians (1), Hebrews (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itblameless1×Philippians 2:15
blamelessly1×Luke 1:6
faultless1×Philippians 3:6
in blamelessness1×1 Thessalonians 3:13
without fault1×Hebrews 8:7
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 1:6ἄμεμπτοιtoblamelesslyAdjective - Nominative Masculine PluralPhilippians 2:15ἄμεμπτοιtoblamelessAdjective - Nominative Masculine PluralPhilippians 3:6ἄμεμπτοςtofaultlessAdjective - Nominative Masculine Singular1 Thessalonians 3:13ἀμέμπτουςtoin blamelessnessAdjective - Accusative Feminine PluralHebrews 8:7ἄμεμπτοςtowithout faultAdjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 1:6
Aligned rows5
Books represented4
Luke1Philippians21 Thessalonians1Hebrews1
Source forms
ἄμεμπτοι2xamemptoiLuke 1:6, Philippians 2:15
ἄμεμπτος2xamemptosPhilippians 3:6, Hebrews 8:7
ἀμέμπτους1xamemptous1 Thessalonians 3:13
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural2xLuke 1:6, Philippians 2:15
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural1x1 Thessalonians 3:13
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular1xHebrews 8:7
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular1xPhilippians 3:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Blameless character before others; free from legitimate accusation or reproach in conduct
Strong'sG273
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances5 timesWord forms4 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
irreproachable
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Blameless character before others; free from legitimate accusation or reproach in conduct
(μέμφομσι), [in LXX chiefly for תָּם ;] blameless, free from fault (in π. of a marriage-contract; M, Th., I, 3:13; cf. MM, VGT, see word): Luk.1:6, Php.2:15 3:6, 1Th.3:13 (WH, mg., -ως) Heb.8:7.
Synonymsἄμωμος, ἀνέγκλητος, ἀνεπίλημπτος, which see (Tr., Syn., § ciii)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 1:6Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἄμεμπτοι.amemptoi
blameless
Read versePhilippians 2:15Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἄμεμπτοιamemptoi
blameless
Read versePhilippians 3:6Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἄμεμπτος.amemptov
blameless
Read verse1 Thessalonians 3:13Adjective Accusative Plural Feminine
ἀμέμπτουςamemptouv
blameless
Read verseHebrews 8:7Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
ἄμεμπτος,amemptov
blameless
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns4Aligned forms5Case patternNominative (4)Number patternPlural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineLuke 1:6 · Phil 2:152×
Nominative · Singular · MasculinePhil 3:61×
Nominative · Singular · FeminineHeb 8:71×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine1 Thess 3:131×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 1:5–25ἄμεμπτοιámemptos
Blameless, without fault
Showing 1 selected witness from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἄμεμπτος is built from these roots: