miaino describes becoming or making persons, flesh, mind, or conscience defiled in the Bible’s attested uses.

The attested passages use the verb for defilement: people may become defiled, flesh may be defiled, and persons’ minds and consciences are described as defiled.

1. Defilement affecting persons or faculties · dominant

   In Hebrews 12:15, the aorist passive subjunctive plural occurs in the warning that a root of bitterness may cause trouble and many may become defiled; John 18:28 similarly places the form in the purpose of avoiding defilement before eating the Passover lamb. Jude 1:8 uses the present active indicative plural for those who defile the flesh, while Titus 1:15 uses perfect passive forms for defiled persons and for minds and consciences described as defiled.

   Hebrews 12:15John 18:28Jude 1:8Titus 1:15

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the passive occurrences as people who “become defiled” or are “defiled,” and the active occurrence as those who “defile the flesh.” These renderings confirm the verses’ presentation without fixing a separate English equivalent for each form.