a stain or blemish, i.e. (figuratively) defect, disgrace Derivation: of uncertain derivation;
KJV Usage: spot.
TBESG:
σπίλος
stain
G:N-M
σπίλος (Rec. σπῖλος), -ου, ὁ __1. a rock, cliff (Arist., al.). __2. In late writers = Att.. κηλίς (see Rutherford, NPhr., 87 f.), a spot, stain; metaph., __(a) of moral blemish: Eph.5:27 __(b) of riotous and lascivious persons (cf. Dion. Hal., quoted by Mayor, in l): 2Pe.2:13.† (AS)
Thayer:
1) a spot 2) a fault, moral blemish 2a) of base and gluttonous men
σπίλος
spilos
spee'-los
Of uncertain derivation; a stain or blemish, that is, (figuratively) defect, disgrace