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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ἄμεμπτος G273
Pronunciation ámemptos
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 It blameless 1× Philippians 2:15
blamelessly 1× Luke 1:6
faultless 1× Philippians 3:6
in blamelessness 1× 1 Thessalonians 3:13
without fault 1× Hebrews 8:7
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 1:6 ἄμεμπτοι to blamelessly Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Philippians 2:15 ἄμεμπτοι to blameless Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Philippians 3:6 ἄμεμπτος to faultless Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1 Thessalonians 3:13 ἀμέμπτους to in blamelessness Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural Hebrews 8:7 ἄμεμπτος to without fault Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 1:6
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 4
Luke 1 Philippians 2 1 Thessalonians 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
ἄμεμπτοι 2x amemptoi Luke 1:6, Philippians 2:15
ἄμεμπτος 2x amemptos Philippians 3:6, Hebrews 8:7
ἀμέμπτους 1x amemptous 1 Thessalonians 3:13
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Luke 1:6, Philippians 2:15
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x 1 Thessalonians 3:13
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 8:7
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Philippians 3:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Blameless character before others; free from legitimate accusation or reproach in conduct
Strong's G273
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 4 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
irreproachable
Extended definition Source: 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 corpus Greek 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 1:6 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἄμεμπτοι. amemptoi
blameless
Read verse Philippians 2:15 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἄμεμπτοι amemptoi
blameless
Read verse Philippians 3:6 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἄμεμπτος. amemptov
blameless
Read verse 1 Thessalonians 3:13 Adjective Accusative Plural Feminine
ἀμέμπτους amemptouv
blameless
Read verse Hebrews 8:7 Adjective 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 patterns 4 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Nominative (4) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 1:6 · Phil 2:15 2×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Phil 3:6 1×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Heb 8:7 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine 1 Thess 3:13 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 1:5–25 ἄμεμπτοι ámemptos
Blameless, without fault
Showing 1 selected witness from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἄμεμπτος is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain