Lexicon
μιασμός
miasmos
G3394
G:N-M Greek

defilement

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Miasmos denotes the defiling desire pursued by those who go after the flesh.

The attested use places the term in a phrase describing desire connected with going after the flesh.

Senses in use

  1. Defiling desire associated with the flesh · dominant

    In 2 Peter 2:10, the genitive singular masculine form occurs in the phrase about those who go after the flesh in desire; the APB renders the clause “go after the flesh in desire of defilement.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Peter 2:10, the APB presents the phrase as “desire of defilement,”.

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