03392

@LINK μιαίνω

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3392. μιαίνω 1. properly, to stain, dye, ἐλέφαντα φοίνικι μιαίνειν (cf. Virgil's violaverit ostro si quis ebur), Il.
2. to stain, defile, sully, esp. with blood, μιάνθην (epic 3rd dual for μιανθήτην) αἵματι μηροί id=Il.; αἵματι πεσεῖ μιανθείς Soph.; μ. τοὺς θεῶν βωμοὺς αἵματι Plat.; βορβόρωι ὕδωρ μιαίνων Aesch.
3. of moral stains, to taint, defile, Pind., Trag.; hence Soph. says, θεοὺς μιαίνειν οὔ τις ἀνθρώπων σθένει:— Pass. to incur such defilement, Aesch., etc.; μιαίνεσθαι τὴν ψυχήν Plat.; τῆς ἄλλης [γῆς] αὐτῶι μεμιασμένης Thuc.

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3392. μιαίνω miaivnw miaino {me-ah'-ee-no}
perhaps a primary verb; to sully or taint, i.e. contaminate (ceremonially or morally):--defile.

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3392 Yerach yeh'-rakh

the same as 3391; Jerach, an Arabian patriarch:--Jerah.
see HEBREW for 03391