What does ἀμίαντος (amíantos) mean in the Bible?
ἀμίαντος (amíantos): Uncontaminated purity emphasizing freedom from moral and spiritual defilement rather than mere spotlessness.
Greek · G283
ἀμίαντος
Pure
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ἀμίαντος G283
Pronunciation amíantos
What does ἀμίαντος (amíantos) mean in the Bible?
ἀμίαντος (amíantos): Uncontaminated purity emphasizing freedom from moral and spiritual defilement rather than mere spotlessness.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G283?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include undefiled (3), kept undefiled (1).
Where does ἀμίαντος (amíantos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 7:26. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (2), 1 Peter (1), James (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 undefiled 3× Hebrews 7:26, James 1:27, 1 Peter 1:4
kept undefiled 1× Hebrews 13:4
Show sample aligned rows
Hebrews 7:26 ἀμίαντος to undefiled Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Hebrews 13:4 ἀμίαντος to kept undefiled Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular James 1:27 ἀμίαντος to undefiled Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular 1 Peter 1:4 ἀμίαντον to undefiled Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Hebrews 7:26
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Hebrews 2 James 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
ἀμίαντος 3x amiantos Hebrews 7:26, Hebrews 13:4, James 1:27
ἀμίαντον 1x amianton 1 Peter 1:4
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular 2x Hebrews 13:4, James 1:27
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x 1 Peter 1:4
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Hebrews 7:26
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Uncontaminated purity emphasizing freedom from moral and spiritual defilement rather than mere spotlessness.
Strong's G283
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
pure
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Uncontaminated purity emphasizing freedom from moral and spiritual defilement rather than mere spotlessness.
(μιαίνω), [in LXX: Wis.3:13 4:2 8:20, 2Ma.14:36 2Mac 15:34 * ;] undefiled, free from contamination (in π., of αἰθήρ; MM, VGT, see word): Heb.7:26 13:4, 1Pe.1:4, Jas.1:27.
Synonymsἄμωμος, ἄσπιλος (Cremer, 784)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 7:26 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀμίαντος, amiantov
undefiled, untainted
Read verse Hebrews 13:4 Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀμίαντος· amiantov
undefiled, untainted
Read verse James 1:27 Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀμίαντος amiantov
undefiled, untainted
Read verse 1 Peter 1:4 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀμίαντον amianton
undefiled, untainted
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 3 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 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Heb 13:4 · Jas 1:27 2×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Heb 7:26 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine 1 Pet 1:4 1×
Word Origins
ἀμίαντος 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