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μῶμος
mōmos
G3470
G:N-M Greek

blemish

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momos describes persons characterized in 2 Peter 2:13 as stains and blemishes while they feast with others.

The attested use presents a plural description of people as stains and blemishes in the setting of deceptive revelry and shared feasting in 2 Peter 2:13.

Senses in use

  1. A defiling mark applied to people · dominant

    In 2 Peter 2:13, the nominative plural masculine form occurs in the clause describing people who revel in their deceptions while feasting with others; the APB renders the description as “They are stains and blemishes.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Peter 2:13, the APB presents the description as “stains and blemishes,”.

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