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σπιλάς (G4694)

spilás

spee-las'

of uncertain derivation; a ledge or reef of rock in the sea:--spot (by confusion with σπίλος).

Abbott–Smith

* σπιλάς, -άδος, ἡ (on the gender in Ju, l.c., v. Mayor, Ju., 41),
1. poët. in cl., a rock or reef over which the sea dashes (Polyb., FlJ, al.). Metaph., of men whose conduct causes danger to others, Ju 12, R, txt. (but v. infr.).
2. In late writers = σπίλος (q.v.), a spot, stain; metaph., Ju, l.c., R, mg. (cf. Mayor, 41, but v. supr.).†

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), in the public domain.


1 occurrence

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  • Jude 1:12
    These 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;