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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 4696. σπίλος (spilos) -- Spot, Blemish</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/4696.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/romans/16-26.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/4696.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 4696</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/4695.htm" title="4695">◄</a> 4696. spilos <a href="../greek/4697.htm" title="4697">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">spilos: Spot, Blemish</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">σπῖλος</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>spilos<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>SPEE-los<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(spee'-los)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Spot, Blemish<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a spot, fault, stain, blemish.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the root word meaning "spot" or "blemish."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - <b>Strong's Hebrew 3971 (מְאוּם, me'um):</b> Meaning "blemish" or "defect," often used in the context of sacrificial offerings that must be without blemish.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the New Testament, "spilos" is used metaphorically to describe moral or spiritual blemishes. It conveys the idea of impurity or imperfection, often in the context of character or conduct. The term suggests a deviation from the purity and holiness expected of believers.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, physical blemishes were often seen as symbols of moral or spiritual imperfection. This cultural understanding is reflected in the New Testament's use of "spilos" to describe moral failings or corrupt influences within the Christian community. The concept of purity was significant in both Jewish and early Christian thought, where physical cleanliness often symbolized spiritual purity.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>4696</b> <i>spílos</i> – properly, a stain (spot); (figuratively) a moral (spiritual) fault or blemish. Moral and spiritual stains (spots) come from living outside God's preferred-will (desire, <a href="/greek/2307.htm">2307</a> <i>/thélēma</i>, compare Eph 5:15-17,27) and are removed with heartfelt confession (1 Jn 1:9).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a spot, stain<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>spot (1), stains (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4696: σπίλος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">σπίλος</span></span> (<span class="manuref">WH</span> <span class="greek2">σπίλος</span> (so Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 87; Liddell and Scott, under the word); but see <span class="manuref">Tdf.</span> Proleg., p. 102; <span class="abbreviation">Lipsius</span>, Gram. Untersuch., p. 42), <span class="greek2">σπιλου</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> (Phryn. rejects this word in favor of the Attic <span class="greek2">κηλίς</span>; but <span class="greek2">σπίλος</span> is used by Joseph, <span class="abbreviation">Dionysius Halicarnassus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Lucian</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Liban</span>, Artemidor.; see <span class="abbreviation">Lob. ad Phryn.</span>, p. 28 (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, 25)), <span class="accented">a spot</span>: tropically, <span class="accented">a fault,</span> moral blemish, <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/5-27.htm">Ephesians 5:27</a>; plural of base and gluttonous men, <a href="/interlinear/2_peter/2-13.htm">2 Peter 2:13</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>spot. <p>Of uncertain derivation; a stain or blemish, i.e. (figuratively) defect, disgrace -- spot. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>εσπιλωμένον σπιλοι σπίλοι σπιλον σπίλον σπιλούσα σπινθήρες spiloi spíloi spilon spílon<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/ephesians/5-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ephesians 5:27</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μὴ ἔχουσαν <b>σπίλον</b> ἢ ῥυτίδα</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ephesians/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> having no <span class="itali">spot</span> or wrinkle<br><a href="/kjvs/ephesians/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> not having <span class="itali">spot,</span> or wrinkle,<br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/5-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> not having <span class="itali">spot</span> or wrinkle<p><b><a href="/text/2_peter/2-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Peter 2:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural">N-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_peter/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἡμέρᾳ τρυφήν <b>σπίλοι</b> καὶ μῶμοι</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_peter/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in the daytime. <span class="itali">They are stains</span> and blemishes,<br><a href="/kjvs/2_peter/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the day time. <span class="itali">Spots</span> [they are] and<br><a href="/interlinear/2_peter/2-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> daytime indulgence <span class="itali">spots</span> and blemishes<p><b><a href="/greek/4696.htm">Strong's Greek 4696</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4696.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/spiloi_4696.htm">σπίλοι — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/spilon_4696.htm">σπίλον — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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