Bible Dictionary: Stain

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.

2. (v. t.) To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by processes affecting, chemically or otherwise, the material itself; to tinge with a color or colors combining with, or penetrating, the substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with acids, colored washes, paint rubbed in, etc.; to stain glass.

3. (v. t.) To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish.

4. (v. t.) To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.

5. (v. i.) To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.

6. (n.) A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a garment or cloth.

7. (n.) A natural spot of a color different from the ground.

8. (n.) Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.

9. (n.) Cause of reproach; shame.

10. (n.) A tincture; a tinge.

Greek

4695. spiloo -- to stain, defile
... to stain, defile. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: spiloo Phonetic Spelling:
(spee-lo'-o) Short Definition: I defile, spot Definition: I defile, spot, stain ...
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4696. spilos -- a spot, stain
... a spot, stain. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: spilos Phonetic
Spelling: (spee'-los) Short Definition: a spot, fault Definition: a spot, fault ...
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3392. miaino -- to stain, defile
... to stain, defile. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: miaino Phonetic Spelling:
(me-ah'-ee-no) Short Definition: I stain, pollute, defile Definition: I stain ...
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3393. miasma -- a stain, defilement
... a stain, defilement. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: miasma Phonetic
Spelling: (mee'-as-mah) Short Definition: pollution, defilement Definition ...
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3435. moluno -- to stain, defile
... to stain, defile. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: moluno Phonetic Spelling:
(mol-oo'-no) Short Definition: I soil, stain, pollute, defile Definition: I ...
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784. aspilos -- spotless, unstained
... 784 ("unspotted," literally, "without spot or stain") refers to what is () , ie
morally unblemished (pure) -- "free from censure, irreproachable, free from vice ...
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283. amiantos -- undefiled
... 283 (an adjective, derived from 1 "not" and 3392 , "to stain, defile") -- properly,
untinted (unstained); (figuratively) undefiled because unstained. ...
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3436. molusmos -- defilement
... filthiness, immorality. From moluno; a stain; ie (figuratively) immorality --
filthiness. see GREEK moluno. (molusmou) -- 1 Occurrence. 3435, 3436. ...
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911. bapto -- to dip
... a fluid; in the New Testament only in a qualified or special sense, ie (literally)
to moisten (a part of one's person), or (by implication) to stain (as with ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1351. gaal -- to defile
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to defile NASB Word Usage defile (2), defiled
(6), stained (1), unclean (2). defile, pollute, stain. ...
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3799. katham -- to be stained
... to be stained. Transliteration: katham Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-tham') Short Definition:
stain. ... root Definition to be stained NASB Word Usage stain (1). mark. ...
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2490. chalal -- to bore, pierce
... X gather the grape thereof, X take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute,
(cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound. ...
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5246. namer -- a leopard
... From an unused root meaning properly, to filtrate, ie Be limpid (comp Nimrah and
Nimriym); and thus to spot or stain as if by dripping; a leopard (from its ...
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3971. mum -- blemish, defect
... Usually muwm {moom}; as if passive participle from an unused root probably meaning
to stain; a blemish (physically or morally) -- blemish, blot, spot. ...
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Library

Whether Sin Causes a Stain on the Soul?
... OF THE STAIN OF SIN (TWO ARTICLES) Whether sin causes a stain on the soul? Objection
1: It would seem that sin causes no stain on the soul. ...
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Whether the Stain Remains in the Soul after the Act of Sin?
... OF THE STAIN OF SIN (TWO ARTICLES) Whether the stain remains in the soul
after the act of sin? Objection 1: It would seem that the ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the stain remains in.htm

Whether Venial Sin Causes a Stain on the Soul?
... OF VENIAL SIN IN ITSELF (SIX ARTICLES) Whether venial sin causes a stain on the
soul? Objection 1: It would seem that venial sin causes a stain in the soul. ...
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Of the Stain of Sin (Two Articles)
... OF THE STAIN OF SIN (TWO ARTICLES). We must now consider the stain of sin;
under which head there are two points of inquiry: (1) Whether ...
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What Can Wash Away My Stain.
... Chinook Hymns. 40 WHAT CAN WASH AWAY MY STAIN. 1 Ikta kumtux mash siah Konaway nesika
masat-chie, Ikta kumtux mamook delate Konaway nesika tumtum. ...
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So, Then, Even if You are Pure, and have Been Cleansed from Every ...
... Book II. 66 So, then, even if you are pure, and have been cleansed from
every stain of� So, then, even if you are pure, and have ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/66 so then even if.htm

He Has Endeavoured, Indeed, to Brand us with the Stain of this ...
... 3. He has endeavoured, indeed, to brand us with the stain of this false teaching
by speaking to some of our brethren, and he repeats this by various letters ...
/.../3 he has endeavoured indeed.htm

The Daily Prayer of the Believer Makes Satisfaction for the ...
... Chapter 71."The Daily Prayer of the Believer Makes Satisfaction for the
Trivial Sins that Daily Stain His Life. Now the daily ...
/.../augustine/the enchiridion/chapter 71 the daily prayer of.htm

By the Holiness of Baptism, not Sins Only, but all Evils ...
... Only, But All Evils Whatsoever, Have to Be Removed. The Church is Not Yet
Free from All Stain. And thus not only all the sins, but ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 39 xxxiv by the holiness.htm

Whether the Debt of Punishment Remains after Sin?
... sin has been removed. I answer that, Two things may be considered in sin:
the guilty act, and the consequent stain. Now it is evident ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the debt of punishment 2.htm

Thesaurus

Stain (6 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot;
as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood. ...
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Blot (23 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary A stain or reproach (Job 31:7; Proverbs 9:7). To blot
out sin is to forgive it (Psalm 51:1, 9; Isaiah 44:22; Acts 3:19). ...
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Spot (42 Occurrences)
... place discolored. 2. (n.) A stain on character or reputation; something that
soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish. 3. (n ...
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Immaculate
... (a.) Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure. ... For in Thee there
is no stain and in Thy mother no spot"; Augustine (De Natura et Gratia, cap. ...
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Defilement (12 Occurrences)
... appertaining to the outside world and not to the people of God, opposite of katharos,
"clean," used 13 times; miaino, miasma, miasmos, "stain," "tinge," "dye ...
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Defile (63 Occurrences)
... appertaining to the outside world and not to the people of God, opposite of katharos,
"clean," used 13 times; miaino, miasma, miasmos, "stain," "tinge," "dye ...
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Paint (3 Occurrences)
... signboard, etc. 2. (vt) Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify
with colors; to diversify with colors. 3. (vt) To ...
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Conception (6 Occurrences)
... by a singular grace and privilege of Almighty God, in view of the merits of Christ
Jesus the Saviour of Mankind, preserved free from all stain of original sin ...
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Unspotted (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Not spotted; free from spot or stain; especially,
free from moral stain; unblemished; immaculate; as, an unspotted reputation. ...
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Taint (1 Occurrence)
... 7. (vt) Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish. ... 12. (n.) A blemish on reputation; stain;
spot; disgrace. Multi-Version Concordance Taint (1 Occurrence). ...
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Bible Concordance

Stain (6 Occurrences)

1 Corinthians 6:11 And all this describes what some of you were. But now you have had every stain washed off: now you have been set apart as holy: now you have been pronounced free from guilt; in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and through the Spirit of our God.
(WEY)

Ephesians 5:27 that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
(See NIV)

1 Timothy 6:14 that you keep God's commandments stainlessly and without reproach till the Appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(Root in WEY NAS RSV)

Job 3:5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
(KJV WBS)

Isaiah 23:9 Yahweh of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS)

Jeremiah 2:22 For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Stain

Related Terms

Blot (23 Occurrences)

Spot (42 Occurrences)

Immaculate

Defilement (12 Occurrences)

Defile (63 Occurrences)

Paint (3 Occurrences)

Conception (6 Occurrences)

Unspotted (3 Occurrences)

Taint (1 Occurrence)