Definition

a flaw or blot, i.e. (figuratively) disgraceful person

Etymology

perhaps from G3201 (μέμφομαι);

Word family

• μέμφομαι mémphomai

How the KJV renders it

• blemish

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.