Spot (Noun and Verb)

"a spot or stain," is used metaphorically (a) of moral blemish, Eph 5:27; (b) of lascivious and riotous persons, 2Pe 2:13.

is rendered "spots" in Jud 1:12, AV: see ROCK, No. 2.

akin to A, No. 1, is used in Jud 1:23, in the clause "hating even the garment spotted by the flesh," the garment representing that which, being brought into contact with the polluting element of the flesh, becomes defiled: see CLOTHING, No. 3 (last par.). See DEFILE, No. 4.

"unspotted, unstained" (a, negative, and A), is used of a lamb, 1Pe 1:19; metaphorically, of keeping a commandment without alteration and in the fulfillment of it, 1Ti 6:14; of the believer in regard to the world, Jam 1:27, and free from all defilement in the sight of God, 2Pe 3:14.

Note: For amomos, in Heb 9:14, AV, see BLEMISH, B.