G4696

σπίλος

spilosG:N-M

stain

σπίλος (Rec. σπῖλος), -ου, ὁ __1. a rock, cliff (Arist., al.). __2. In late writers = Att.. κηλίς (see Rutherford, NPhr., 87 f.), a spot, stain; metaphorically, __(a) of moral blemish: Eph.5:27 __(b) of riotous and lascivious persons (cf. Dion. Hal., quoted by Mayor, in l): 2Pe.2:13.† (AS)

The KJV translates G4696 in the following manner:

spot (2x), Spots (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

σπίλος — spílos

σπίλος (WH σπίλος (so Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 87; Liddell and Scott, under the word); but see Tdf. Proleg., p. 102; Lipsius, Gram. Untersuch., p. 42), σπιλου, ὁ (Phryn. rejects this word in favor of the Attic κηλίς; but σπίλος is used by Joseph, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, Lucian, Liban, Artemidor.; see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 28 (cf. Winers Grammar, 25)), a spot: tropically, a fault, moral blemish, Eph 5:27; plural of base and gluttonous men, 2Pe 2:13.

2 occurrences

Ephesians (1), II Peter (1)