Definition

unsoiled, i.e. (figuratively) pure

Etymology

from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G3392 (μιαίνω);

Word family

• Α A
• μιαίνω miaínō

How the KJV renders it

• undefiled

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.