Lexicon / G4696
σπίλος
spilos
  • stain
  • a rock, cliff
  • a spot, stain

STEPBible TBESG

Glosses: stain

σπίλος (Rec. σπῖλος), -ου, ὁ

__1. a rock, cliff (Arist. al.).

__2. In late writers = Att.. κηλίς (see Rutherford, NPhr. 87 f.), a spot, stain; metaphorically,

__(a) of moral blemish: Eph.5:27

__(b) of riotous and lascivious persons (cf. Dion. Hal. quoted by Mayor, in l): 2Pe.2:13.†

(AS)

Abbott-Smith

Glosses: a rock, cliff; a spot, stain

a rock, cliff; a spot, stain