ἡ συνείδησις αὐτῶν μολύνεται

μολύνω, [tense] fut. -

A

ῠνῶ LXX Ca.5.3

: [tense] aor. ἐμόλῡνα ib.Ge.37.31: [tense] pf.

μεμόλυγκα Choerob.in Theod.2.68

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

μολυνθήσομαι LXX Za.14.2

: [tense] aor. 1 ἐμολύνθην ib.Si.22.13: [tense] pf. μεμόλυσμαι ib. 1 Es.8.83, Epict. Ench.33, J.AJ3.6.1,

μεμόλυμμαι LXX Is.65.4

, Choerob.in Theod.2.186:—stain, sully, defile,

τὴν ὑπήνην Ar.Eq. 1286

;

ἑαυτοὺς τῷ πηλῷ Arist.HA 571b18

, cf. Theoc.20.10; simply, sprinkle,

ἀλεύρῳ Sotad.

Com.1.24; make a beast of, τινας (of Circe) Ar. Pl. 310; defile, debauch,

παῖδα Theoc.5.87

: metaph.,

χεῖρας ἁρπαγῇ J.Vit.47

:—[voice] Pass., become vile, disgrace oneself, Isoc.5.81;

μετὰ γυναικῶν Apoc.14.4

; ὥσπερ θηρίον ὕειον ἐν ἀμαθίᾳ μολύνεσθαι wallow in ignorance, Pl.R. 535e;

ὁ μολυνόμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ ὄψου Muson.Fr.18b

p.101 H.;

ἡ συνείδησις αὐτῶν μολύνεται 1 Ep.Cor.8.7

.

2 stain, dye,

χιτωνίσκον αἵματι J.AJ2.3.4

:— [voice] Pass., ἔρια μεμολυσμένα ἄνθεσι ib.3.6.1.

II v. μωλύω.

μολύνω fut. μολυνῶ SSol 5:3; 1 aor. ἐμόλυνα. Pass.: aor. ἐμολύνθην; pf. ptc. μεμολυμμένος or μεμολυσμένος LXX (‘stain, defile’ Aristoph., Pla. et al.; PSI 1160, 6 [30 B.C.]; LXX; Test12Patr; GrBar).

① to cause someth. to become dirty or soiled, stain, soil (Lucian, Anach. 1; Gen 37:31; SSol 5:3) μεμολυ[μμένος] unclean, unwashed, with the result of not being pure, of one who comes without proper cleansing to a holy site that is otherwise pure (καθαρός) Ox 840, 16. Unsoiled garments as symbol of a spotless life ἃ οὐκ ἐμόλυναν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν Rv 3:4.

② to cause someth. to be ritually impure, defile fig. ext. of 1 (Epict. 2, 8, 13; 2, 9, 17; Porphyr., Abst. 1, 42; Synes., Dreams 10 p. 142d ἀθέων τῶν μολυνάντων τὸ ἐν αὐτοῖς θεῖον; Sir 21:28; Jer 23:11; TestAsh 4:4 τὴν ψυχήν; Orig., C. Cels. 7, 64, 27 τὴν περὶ τοῦ θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων ὑπόληψιν; Hippol., Ref. 9, 23, 4 συνείδησιν ἐπὶ ἀνόμῳ κέρδει; Theoph. Ant. 3, 15 [p. 234, 6]) τ. χεῖρας (Jos., Vi. 244) Ac 5:38 v.l. ἡ συνείδησις … μολύνεται conscience is defiled by eating meat sacrificed to idols 1 Cor 8:7 (Iren. 1, 6, 3 [Harv. I 55, 11]; Amm. Marc. 15, 2 conscientiam polluebat). Esp. of immorality (Theocr. 5, 87; EpArist 152) οἳ μετὰ γυναικῶν οὐκ ἐμολύνθησαν who have not defiled themselves with women Rv 14:4 (on problems connected with this pass. s. RCharles, Comm.).—DELG. M-M. TW.