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blot (מוּ×, muÌ„m, contracted from מ×וּ×, me'uÌ„m, “spotâ€): Occurs in the sense of scorn (). In (the King James Version) it is used figuratively of a moral defect; the Revised Version (British and American) has “spot.†Blot out (מחה, maÌ„hÌ£aÌ„h, “to wipe out,†ἐξαλειÌφω, exaleıÌphoÌ„, “to smear outâ€), to obliterate or destroy: “That a tribe be not blotted out†(the King James Version “destroyed,†). To blot men out of God's book is to cut them off by an untimely death ().
Figuratively: “To blot out sin†is to forgive sin fully (, ; ; ). Not to blot out sin is to reserve for punishment (). The names of those who inherit eternal life are not blotted out of the “book of life†(). See BOOK OF LIFE; BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE; FORGIVENESS.