Dictionary entry

μίασμα

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

μίασμα, -τος, τό

(< μιαίνω), chiefly in trag. and late writers; [in LXX: Le 7:8 (18) (פִּגּוּל), Je 39 (32):34 (שִׁקּוּץ), Ez 33:31 (בֶּצַע), Jth 9:2, 4 13:16, I Mac 13:50*;]

a stain, defilement: pl., II Pe 2:20.†