Greek word · G298

ἀμώμητος

amōmētos

blameless

Blameless, irreproachable, one against whom no fault can be charged. It is formed from mōmos ('blame, fault', also 'physical blemish'). It is closely related to amōmos, the regular LXX word for sacrificial animals 'without blemish' (translating Hebrew tamim).

Appears once in the Greek New Testament. · Updated October 22, 2026

What it means

ἀ-μώμητος, -ου

(μωμάομαι),

blameless: 2 Peter 3:14.†

SYN.: ἄμεμπτος (which see), ἀνέγκλητος, ἀνεπίλημπτος (AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of 2 Peter 3:14

Range of meaning: Blameless, irreproachable, one against whom no fault can be charged. It is formed from mōmos ('blame, fault', also 'physical blemish'). It is closely related to amōmos, the regular LXX word for sacrificial animals 'without blemish' (translating Hebrew tamim).
Against the English: 'Blameless' (KJV, BSB, WEB) is accurate. ESV-style 'without blemish' brings out the sacrificial tone. Neither should be heard as 'sinless'. The point is being beyond legitimate accusation when examined.
Used elsewhere in the period: Rare. Found in classical Greek from Homer onward as 'blameless, faultless' of persons. In the NT also Phil 2:15 ('blameless children of God' in a crooked generation). The related amōmos fills Leviticus and Numbers for unblemished sacrifices (e.g. Lev 1:3, 10) and is applied to people in Eph 1:4, Col 1:22, Jude 24 ('to present you blameless before his glory').

Where it appears

2 Peter · 1

2 Peter 3:14 ἀμώμητοι without blemish

Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.

Here: Literally 'not open to blame', from mōmos, 'blemish, fault.' Together with aspiloi it makes a fixed pair from sacrificial and moral language. It reverses the description of the false teachers as mōmoi, 'blemishes' (2:13).

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