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spot, spot´ed (מוּ×, muÌ„m; σπῖλος, spıÌlos): The Hebrew word is used to denote a blemish which mars the perfection of the face, as in ; . It is translated “blemish†in f, where it means an injury the result of violence, and is rendered “blot†in , where it signifies “shame†or “disgrace.†The “spotted†cattle of -39 are animals of variegated color (טל×, tÌ£aÌ„laÌ„'; compare , “decked with divers colorsâ€; , “patchedâ€). For hÌ£ăbharburaÌ„h in , see LEOPARD. Spilos is used in the figurative sense of a stain of sin in , and similarly along with rhutıÌs (“a wrinkleâ€) in . The “garment spotted (verb, spiloÌomai) by the flesh†of is, as Calvin has para-phrased it, anything that in any way savors of sin or temptation. The “spots†of the King James Version are spilaÌdes, “hidden (sunken) rocks†which are betrayed by the surf beating over them (as in Homer Od. iii. 298), and are so rendered in the Revised Version (British and American). “Spot†in Lev 13 is referred to under FRECKLED SPOT; LEPROSY; TETTER.
“Without spot†in , etc., is taÌ„mı̄m, a usual word for “perfect†(so the Revised Version margin); aÌspilos (the negative form of spilos) occurs in ; ; , with (“unspottedâ€). For the King James Version see BLEMISH.