μιαίνω

μιαίνω

[in LXX chiefly for טָמֵא ;]

1. to dye or stain.

2. to stain, defile, soil;

(a) in physical sense;

(b) in moral sense : Tit 1,15, Hebr 12,15, Jud 8;

(with) in ritual sense (cf. 3 Mos 22,5, al.): Joh 18,28.†

SYN.: μολύνω, to besmear, which also differs from μ. in that it is never used, as μ. in its primary meaning, in an honourable sense (cf. Tr., Syn., § xxxi)