μολύνω

μολύνω — molýnō

μολύνω: 1 aorist active ἐμόλυνα; passive present μολύνομαι; 1 aorist ἐμολυνθην; from Aristophanes down; to pollute, stain, contaminate, defile; in the N. T. used only in symbolic and figurative discourse: οὐκ ἐμόλυναν τά ἱμάτια αὐτῶν, of those who have kept themselves pure from the defilement of sin, Rev 3:4 (cf. Zec 3:3 f); μετά γυναικῶν οὐκ ἐμολύνθησαν, who have not soiled themselves by fornication and adultery, Rev 14:4; ἡ συνείδησις μολύνεται, of a conscience reproached (defiled) by sin, 1Co 8:7 (inexplebili quodam laedendi proposito conscientiam polluebat, Ammianus Marcellinus 15, 2; opposed to καθαρά συνείδησις, 1Ti 3:9; 2Ti 1:3; μολύνειν τήν ψυχήν, Sir 21:28; but see μιαίνω, 2). (Synonym: see μιαίνω, at the end.)