Momos means “blemish” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3470 — yeshayah (“Isaiah”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3470 μῶμος (momos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. momos (mo`-mos) n. 1. a flaw or blot 2. (figuratively) disgraceful person It has 22 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include blemishes. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
momos (mo`-mos) n. 1. a flaw or blot 2. (figuratively) disgraceful person [perhaps from G3201] KJV: blemish Root(s): G3201
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3470. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
blemish
Usage: μῶμος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX, of physical blemishes : Lev.21:17 ff., Deu.15:21, Sng.4:7, al. (מאוּם); of mental defect, Sir.20:24, al. ;] __1. in cl. poets and late prose, blame, disgrace. __2. In LXX, perb. because of resemblance to a physical blemish (cf. ἄμωμος, 1Pe.1:19, and see Hort., in l); metaphorically, of licentious persons, 2Pe.2:13.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render momos, 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.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3470 (μῶμος) appears 23 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
15 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Say to Aaron, A man of thy tribe throughout your generations, who shall have a blemish on him, shall not draw nigh to offer the gifts of his God.
No man who has a blemish on him shall draw nigh; a man lame, blind, with his nose disfigured, or his ears cut,
Whoever of the seed of Aaron the priest has a blemish on him, shall not draw nigh to offer sacrifices to thy God, because he has a blemish on him; he shall not draw nigh to offer the gifts of God.
6 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
For he lieth in wait, and turneth good into evil, And in things worthy praise will lay blame upon thee.
Take heed of a mischievous man, for he worketh wickedness: Lest he bring upon thee a perpetual blot.
My son, blemish not thy good deeds, Neither use uncomfortable words when thou givest anything.
First 22 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3470.
Say to Aaron, A man of thy tribe throughout your generations, who shall have a blemish on him, shall not draw nigh to offer the gifts of his God.
No man who has a blemish on him shall draw nigh; a man lame, blind, with his nose disfigured, or his ears cut,
Whoever of the seed of Aaron the priest has a blemish on him, shall not draw nigh to offer sacrifices to thy God, because he has a blemish on him; he shall not draw nigh to offer the gifts of God.
Only he shall not approach the veil, and he shall not draw nigh to the altar, because he has a blemish; and he shall not profane the sanctuary of his God, for I am the Lord that sanctifies them.
They shall not bring to the Lord anything that has a blemish in it, for it shall not be acceptable for you.
And whatsoever man shall offer a peace offering to the Lord, discharging a vow, or in the way of freewill offering, or an offering in your feasts, of the herds or of the sheep, it shall be without blemish for acceptance: there shall be no blemish in it.
Neither shall ye offer the gifts of your God of all these things by the hand of a stranger, because there is corruption in them, a blemish in them: these shall not be accepted for you.
And whosoever shall inflict a blemish on his neighbor, as he has done to him, so shall it be done to himself in return;
bruise for bruise, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as anyone may inflict a blemish on a man, so shall it be rendered to him.
This is the constitution of the law, as the Lord has commanded, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and let them take for thee a red heifer without spot, which has no spot on her, and on which no yoke has been put.
And if there be in it a blemish, if it be lame or blind, an evil blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it to the Lord thy God.
Thou shalt not sacrifice to the Lord thy God a calf or a sheep, in which there is a blemish, or any evil thing; for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.
And there was not a man in Israel so very comely as Absalom: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
Thou art all fair, my companion, And there is no spot in thee.
young men in whom was no blemish, and beautiful in appearance, and skilled in all wisdom, and possessing knowledge, and acquainted with prudence, and who had ability to stand in the house before the king, and the king gave commandment to teach them the learning and language of the Chaldeans.
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
For he lieth in wait, and turneth good into evil, And in things worthy praise will lay blame upon thee.
Take heed of a mischievous man, for he worketh wickedness: Lest he bring upon thee a perpetual blot.
My son, blemish not thy good deeds, Neither use uncomfortable words when thou givest anything.
A lie is a foul blot in a man, Yet it is continually in the mouth of the untaught.
Thou didst stain thy honor, And pollute thy seed: So that thou broughtest wrath upon thy children, And wast grieved for thy folly.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3470, grouped by book.
Momos (Strong's G3470) is a Greek word most simply glossed "blemish". momos (mo`-mos) n. 1. a flaw or blot 2. (figuratively) disgraceful person
This page currently indexes 22 linked usages for Strong's G3470 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3470 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as blemishes. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 15 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 6 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3470, with linked reader references where each row is available.