What does ἄμωμος (ámōmos) mean in the Bible?
ἄμωμος (ámōmos): Perfection acceptable to God; applied to Christ's sacrifice and believers' ultimate sanctification.
Greek · G299
ἄμωμος
Unblemished (literally or figuratively)
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ἄμωμος G299
Pronunciation ámōmos
What does ἄμωμος (ámōmos) mean in the Bible?
ἄμωμος (ámōmos): Perfection acceptable to God; applied to Christ's sacrifice and believers' ultimate sanctification.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G299?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include blameless (3), unblemished (3), spice (1), without blemish (1), without fault (1).
Where does ἄμωμος (ámōmos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 1:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Ephesians (2), Revelation (2), 1 Peter (1), Colossians (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 3× Ephesians 1:4, Ephesians 5:27, Revelation 14:5
unblemished 3× Colossians 1:22, Hebrews 9:14, Jude 1:24
spice 1× Revelation 18:13
without blemish 1× 1 Peter 1:19
without fault 1× Philippians 2:15
Show sample aligned rows
Ephesians 1:4 ἀμώμους to blameless Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Ephesians 5:27 ἄμωμος to blameless Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular Philippians 2:15 ἄμωμα to without fault Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural Colossians 1:22 ἀμώμους to unblemished Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Hebrews 9:14 ἄμωμον to unblemished Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1 Peter 1:19 ἀμώμου to without blemish Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular Jude 1:24 ἀμώμους to unblemished Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Revelation 14:5 ἄμωμοί to blameless Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Revelation 18:13 ἄμωμον to spice Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Ephesians 1:4
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 7
Ephesians 2 Philippians 1 Colossians 1 Hebrews 1 1 Peter 1 Jude 1 Revelation 2
Source forms
ἀμώμους 3x amōmous Ephesians 1:4, Colossians 1:22, Jude 1:24
ἄμωμον 2x amōmon Hebrews 9:14, Revelation 18:13
ἄμωμα 1x amōma Philippians 2:15
ἄμωμοί 1x amōmoi Revelation 14:5
ἄμωμος 1x amōmos Ephesians 5:27
ἀμώμου 1x amōmou 1 Peter 1:19
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 3x Ephesians 1:4, Colossians 1:22, Jude 1:24
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Hebrews 9:14
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x 1 Peter 1:19
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Ephesians 5:27
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Revelation 14:5
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural 1x Philippians 2:15
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Revelation 18:13
Evidence Summary
CovenantMessiah
Greek word. Perfection acceptable to God; applied to Christ's sacrifice and believers' ultimate sanctification.
Strong's G299
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 7 times Word forms 6 forms 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Jude 1:24–25 Source Gloss
unblemished (literally or figuratively)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Perfection acceptable to God; applied to Christ's sacrifice and believers' ultimate sanctification.
(μῶμος, which see), [in LXX chiefly for תָּמִים ]; of sacrificial victims, without blemish: of Christ, Heb.9:14, 1Pe.1:19; etbically, unblemished, faultless: Eph.1:4 5:27, Php.2:15, Col.1:22, Ju 24, Rev.14:5 (Cremer, 425, 788; MM, VGT, see word).
Synonymsἀμίαντος, ἄσπιλος
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Ephesians 1:4 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀμώμους amwmouv
blameless
Read verse Ephesians 5:27 Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
ἄμωμος. amwmov
blameless
Read verse Colossians 1:22 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀμώμους amwmouv
blameless
Read verse Hebrews 9:14 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
ἄμωμον amwmon
blameless
Read verse 1 Peter 1:19 Adjective Genitive Singular Masculine
ἀμώμου amwmou
blameless
Read verse Jude 1:24 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀμώμους amwmouv
blameless
Read verse Revelation 14:5 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἄμωμοι amwmoi
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 6 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 6 Aligned forms 8 Case pattern Accusative (4) Number pattern Plural (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Eph 5:27 1×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Phil 2:15 1×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Rev 14:5 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine 1 Pet 1:19 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Eph 1:4 · Col 1:22 · Jude 1:24 3×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Heb 9:14 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Additional Occurrences
Jude 1:24–25 ἀμώμους ámōmos
blameless; without blemish
New Testament Witnesses
blameless, without defect
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 8 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἄμωμος is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Echoes sacrificial language, emphasizing justification and final glorification secured by Christ.
Reflects covenant purity secured by Christ’s saving work. Jude 1:24–25
Canonical Themes
Covenant Messiah
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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