Spiloo denotes defilement or staining, applied to the whole body and to a tunic associated with flesh.

The two occurrences portray staining or defilement in concrete images: the tongue affects the whole body in James 3:6, while a tunic is described as stained by flesh in Jude 1:23.

1. Staining or defilement in bodily imagery · dominant

   In James 3:6, the present active participle describes the tongue in the clause that the APB renders “staining the whole body.” In Jude 1:23, the perfect passive participle describes a tunic in the phrase the APB renders “the tunic stained by the flesh.”

   James 3:6Jude 1:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with “staining” for the tongue's effect on the whole body in James 3:6 and “stained” for the tunic in Jude 1:23. These renderings confirm the clauses' imagery rather than establish separate lexical senses.