"blameless, irreprehensible, without defect, Lk. 1:6; Phil. 2:15; 3:6; 1 Thess. 3:13; Heb. 8:7*"
Definition and meaning
blameless, irreprehensible, without defect, Lk. 1:6; Phil. 2:15; 3:6; 1 Thess. 3:13; Heb. 8:7*
In the original Greek the word is written: ἄμεμπτος
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of amemptos (G273) across the King James Bible.
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
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Common questions
Strong's G273 (amemptos) is a Greek word that means: blameless, irreprehensible, without defect, Lk. 1:6; Phil. 2:15; 3:6; 1 Thess. 3:13; Heb. 8:7* It appears 5 times in the King James Bible.
The word amemptos (G273) appears 5 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G273 is amemptos, a Greek word defined as: blameless, irreprehensible, without defect, Lk. 1:6; Phil. 2:15; 3:6; 1 Thess. 3:13; Heb. 8:7*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
amemptos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.