What does σπίλος (spílos) mean in the Bible?
σπίλος (spílos) is a Greek word meaning "stain".
Greek · G4696
σπίλος
Stain
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σπίλοςG4696
Pronunciationspílos
What does σπίλος (spílos) mean in the Bible?
σπίλος (spílos) is a Greek word meaning "stain".
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How does the BSB render G4696?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [They are] blots (1), stain (1).
Where does σπίλος (spílos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 5:27. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Peter (1), Ephesians (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[They are] blots1×2 Peter 2:13
stain1×Ephesians 5:27
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowEphesians 5:27
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Ephesians12 Peter1
Source forms
σπίλοι1xspiloi2 Peter 2:13
σπίλον1xspilonEphesians 5:27
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular1xEphesians 5:27
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural1x2 Peter 2:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. stain
Strong'sG4696
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
stain
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Ephesians 5:27Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
σπῖλονspilon
a spot, fault
Read verse2 Peter 2:13Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
σπῖλοιspiloi
a spot, fault
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 2 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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine2 Pet 2:131×
Accusative · Singular · MasculineEph 5:271×
Word Origins
σπίλος is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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