Word study · Greek

ámōmos

without blemish, blameless

Say it: AH-mo-mos (approximate)

ἄμωμος

What it means

Without spot or flaw, a word used in the Greek Old Testament for sacrificial animals that were perfect. In 1:4 and 5:27, believers are "holy and without blemish."

Range of meaning

  • Without blemishPerfect, as a sacrifice.
  • BlamelessWithout fault.

In Ephesians

  • Chapter 1

    "That we would be holy and without blemish before him" (1:4).

  • Chapter 5

    "Holy and without blemish" (5:27).

Every verse (2)

Verses where G0299 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources