Amiantos means “undefiled” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H283 — achyo (“Ahio”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G283 ἀμίαντος (amiantos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. amiantos (am-ee'-an-tos) adj. 1. unsoiled 2. (figuratively) pure It has 9 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include undefiled and pure. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
amiantos (am-ee'-an-tos) adj. 1. unsoiled 2. (figuratively) pure [from G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G3392] KJV: undefiled Root(s): G1, G3392
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G283. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
pure
Usage: ἀ-μίαντος, -ον (μιαίνω), [in LXX: Wis.3:13 4:2 8:20, 2Ma.14:36 2Mac 15:34 * ;] undefiled, free from contamination (in π., of αἰθήρ; MM, VGT, see word): Heb.7:26 13:4, 1Pe.1:4, Jas.1:27.† SYN.: ἄμωμος, ἄσπιλος (Cremer, 784) (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render amiantos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G283 (ἀμίαντος) appears 5 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
therefore now, O holy Lord of all holiness, keep this house ever undefiled, which lately was cleansed, and stop every unrighteous mouth.
So every man praised toward the heaven the glorious Lord, saying, Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled.
Their offspring is cursed. Wherefore blessed is the barren that is undefiled, Which hath not known the sinful bed: She shall have fruit in the visitation of souls.
First 9 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G283.
For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
therefore now, O holy Lord of all holiness, keep this house ever undefiled, which lately was cleansed, and stop every unrighteous mouth.
So every man praised toward the heaven the glorious Lord, saying, Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled.
Their offspring is cursed. Wherefore blessed is the barren that is undefiled, Which hath not known the sinful bed: She shall have fruit in the visitation of souls.
When it is present, men take example at it; And when it is gone, they desire it: It weareth a crown, and triumpheth forever, Having gotten the victory, striving for undefiled rewards.
Yea rather, being good, I came into a body undefiled.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G283, grouped by book.
Amiantos (Strong's G283) is a Greek word most simply glossed "undefiled". amiantos (am-ee'-an-tos) adj. 1. unsoiled 2. (figuratively) pure
This page currently indexes 9 linked usages for Strong's G283 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G283 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as undefiled and pure. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G283, with linked reader references where each row is available.