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, Heb.12:15, Ju 8;

(with) in ritual sense (cf. Lev.22:5, al.): Jhn.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) (AS)