- Original: μιαίνω - Transliteration: Miaino - Phonetic: me-ah'-ee-no - Definition: 1. to dye with another colour, to stain 2. to defile, pollute, sully, contaminate, soil a. to defile with sins - Origin: perhaps a primary verb - TDNT entry: 14:44,6 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Perhaps a primary verb; to sully or taint that is contaminate (ceremonially or morally): - defile. Total KJV Occurrences: 5 • defile, 1 Jude 1:8 • defiled, 4 Joh 18:28; Titus 1:15(2); Hebrews 12:15