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Greek Word Study · Strong’s G4694

σπιλάς

spilas · “reef”

Used 1 times across 1 book

Definition
σπιλάς, -άδος, ἡ
(on the gender in Ju, l.with, see Mayor, Ju., 41),
1. poët. in cl., a rock or reef over which the sea dashes (Polyb., FlJ, al.). Metaphorical, of men whose conduct causes danger to others, Ju 12, R, txt. (but see infr.).
2. In late writers = σπίλος (which see), a spot, stain; metaphorically, Ju, l.with, R, mg. (cf. Mayor, 41, but see supr.).†
Where it appears
Jude
1
In the text
Jude 1:12These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

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