Word study · Greek

spílos

spot, stain

Say it: SPEE-los (approximate)

σπίλος

What it means

A spot or stain. In 5:27, Christ's aim is to present the church "without spot or wrinkle." In 2 Peter 2:13, false teachers are "spots and blemishes."

Range of meaning

  • SpotA stain.
  • BlemishA flaw.

In Ephesians

Every verse (1)

Verses where G4696 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources