What does ἄσπιλος (áspilos) mean in the Bible?
ἄσπιλος (áspilos): Moral and spiritual purity without defect, applied to Christ's sacrifice and believers' conduct
Greek · G784
ἄσπιλος
Unblemished (physically or morally)
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ἄσπιλος G784
Pronunciation áspilos
What does ἄσπιλος (áspilos) mean in the Bible?
ἄσπιλος (áspilos): Moral and spiritual purity without defect, applied to Christ's sacrifice and believers' conduct
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G784?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include from being polluted (1), spot (1), spotless (1), without stain (1).
Where does ἄσπιλος (áspilos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Timothy 6:14. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1), 1 Timothy (1), 2 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 from being polluted 1× James 1:27
spot 1× 1 Peter 1:19
spotless 1× 2 Peter 3:14
without stain 1× 1 Timothy 6:14
Show sample aligned rows
1 Timothy 6:14 ἄσπιλον to without stain Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular James 1:27 ἄσπιλον to from being polluted Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1 Peter 1:19 ἀσπίλου to spot Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular 2 Peter 3:14 ἄσπιλοι to spotless Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 1 Timothy 6:14
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
1 Timothy 1 James 1 1 Peter 1 2 Peter 1
Source forms
ἄσπιλον 2x aspilon 1 Timothy 6:14, James 1:27
ἄσπιλοι 1x aspiloi 2 Peter 3:14
ἀσπίλου 1x aspilou 1 Peter 1:19
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x 1 Timothy 6:14
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x James 1:27
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x 1 Peter 1:19
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x 2 Peter 3:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Moral and spiritual purity without defect, applied to Christ's sacrifice and believers' conduct
Strong's G784
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 4 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link James 1:26–27 Source Gloss
unblemished (physically or morally)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Moral and spiritual purity without defect, applied to Christ's sacrifice and believers' conduct
(ἀ- neg., σπῖλος) [in Sm.: Job.15:15 (LXX, καθαρός)* ;] spotless, unstained: 1Pe.1:19; metaphorically, 1Ti.6:14, Jas.1:27, 2Pe.3:14 (for exx., see MM, see word).
Synonymsἀμίαντος, ἄμωμος
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.
1 Timothy 6:14 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
ἄσπιλον, aspilon
unstained, undefiled
Read verse James 1:27 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
ἄσπιλον aspilon
unstained, undefiled
Read verse 1 Peter 1:19 Adjective Genitive Singular Masculine
ἀσπίλου aspilou
unstained, undefiled
Read verse 2 Peter 3:14 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἄσπιλοι aspiloi
unstained, undefiled
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 4 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine 2 Pet 3:14 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine 1 Pet 1:19 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine 1 Tim 6:14 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Jas 1:27 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
unstained, spotless
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἄσπιλος is built from these roots:
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