# G3435 μολύνω

μολύνω (molýnō), Strong’s G3435: to soil (figuratively) KJV: defile. Occurs 18 times.

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*molýnō* — to soil (figuratively)

KJV: defile

Derived from [μέλας mélas](https://besorah.bible/word/G3189) (black)

Occurs 18 times.

## Where it occurs
- [1 Corinthians 8:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/8?v=7) — However, that knowledge isn’t in all men. But some, with consciousness of an idol until now, eat as of a thing…
- [Revelation 3:4](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/3?v=4) — Nevertheless you have a few names in Sardis that didn’t defile their garments. They will walk with me in white, for…
- [Revelation 14:4](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/14?v=4) — These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he…
- [Tobit 3:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/tobit/3?v=15) — and that I never polluted my name or the name of my father in the land of my captivity. I am the only daughter of my…
- [Sirach 13:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/13?v=1) — 
- [Sirach 21:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/21?v=28) — A whisperer defiles his own soul, and will be hated wherever he travels.
- [1 Maccabees 1:37](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/1?v=37) — They shed innocent blood on every side of the sanctuary, and defiled the sanctuary.
- [2 Maccabees 6:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/6?v=2) — and also to pollute the sanctuary in Jerusalem and to call it by the name of Olympian Zeus, and to call the sanctuary…
- [4 Maccabees 9:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/9?v=20) — The wheel was defiled all over with blood. The hot ashes were quenched by the droppings of gore, and pieces of flesh…