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
ἀμίαντος (amíantos): Uncontaminated purity emphasizing freedom from moral and spiritual defilement rather than mere spotlessness.
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ἀμίαντοςG283
Pronunciationamíantos
What does ἀμίαντος (amíantos) mean in the Bible?
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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 Itundefiled3×Hebrews 7:26, James 1:27, 1 Peter 1:4
kept undefiled1×Hebrews 13:4
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowHebrews 7:26
Aligned rows4
Books represented3
Hebrews2James11 Peter1
Source forms
ἀμίαντος3xamiantosHebrews 7:26, Hebrews 13:4, James 1:27
ἀμίαντον1xamianton1 Peter 1:4
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular2xHebrews 13:4, James 1:27
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular1x1 Peter 1:4
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular1xHebrews 7:26
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Uncontaminated purity emphasizing freedom from moral and spiritual defilement rather than mere spotlessness.
Strong'sG283
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms3 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
pure
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 7:26Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀμίαντος,amiantov
undefiled, untainted
Read verseHebrews 13:4Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀμίαντος·amiantov
undefiled, untainted
Read verseJames 1:27Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀμίαντοςamiantov
undefiled, untainted
Read verse1 Peter 1:4Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀμίαντονamianton
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 patterns3Aligned forms4Case patternNominative (3)Number patternSingular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · FeminineHeb 13:4 · Jas 1:272×
Nominative · Singular · MasculineHeb 7:261×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine1 Pet 1:41×
Word Origins
ἀμίαντος is built from these roots: