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<p> ''''' blot ''''' ( מוּם , <i> ''''' mūm ''''' </i> , contracted from מאוּם , <i> ''''' me'ūm ''''' </i> , "spot"): Occurs in the sense of scorn ( Proverbs 9:7 ). In Job 31:7 (the King James Version) it is used figuratively of a moral defect; the Revised Version (British and American) has "spot." [[Blot]] out ( מחה , <i> ''''' māḥāh ''''' </i> , "to wipe out," ἐξαλείφω , <i> ''''' exaleı́phō ''''' </i> , "to smear out"), to obliterate or destroy: "That a tribe be not blotted out" (the King James Version "destroyed," Judges 21:17 ). To blot men out of God's book is to cut them off by an untimely death ( Exodus 32:32 ). </p> <p> Figuratively: "To blot out sin" is to forgive sin fully ( Psalm 51:1 , Psalm 51:9; Acts 3:19; Colossians 2:14 ). Not to blot out sin is to reserve for punishment ( Nehemiah 4:5 ). The names of those who inherit eternal life are not blotted out of the "book of life" ( Revelation 3:5 ). See [[Book Of Life]]; [[Book Of Remembrance]]; [[Forgiveness]] . </p> | |||
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<p> ''''' blot ''''' ( מוּם , <i> ''''' mūm ''''' </i> , contracted from מאוּם , <i> ''''' me'ūm ''''' </i> , "spot"): Occurs in the sense of scorn ( Proverbs 9:7 ). In Job 31:7 (the King James Version) it is used figuratively of a moral defect; the Revised Version (British and American) has "spot." Blot out ( מחה , <i> ''''' māḥāh ''''' </i> , "to wipe out," ἐξαλείφω , <i> ''''' exaleı́phō ''''' </i> , "to smear out"), to obliterate or destroy: "That a tribe be not blotted out" (the King James Version "destroyed," Judges 21:17 ). To blot men out of God's book is to cut them off by an untimely death ( Exodus 32:32 ). </p> <p> Figuratively: "To blot out sin" is to forgive sin fully ( Psalm 51:1 , Psalm 51:9; Acts 3:19; Colossians 2:14 ). Not to blot out sin is to reserve for punishment ( Nehemiah 4:5 ). The names of those who inherit eternal life are not blotted out of the "book of life" ( Revelation 3:5 ). See [[Book Of Life]]; [[Book Of Remembrance]]; [[Forgiveness]] . </p> | |||
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blot ( מוּם , mūm , contracted from מאוּם , me'ūm , "spot"): Occurs in the sense of scorn ( Proverbs 9:7 ). In Job 31:7 (the King James Version) it is used figuratively of a moral defect; the Revised Version (British and American) has "spot." Blot out ( מחה , māḥāh , "to wipe out," ἐξαλείφω , exaleı́phō , "to smear out"), to obliterate or destroy: "That a tribe be not blotted out" (the King James Version "destroyed," Judges 21:17 ). To blot men out of God's book is to cut them off by an untimely death ( Exodus 32:32 ).
Figuratively: "To blot out sin" is to forgive sin fully ( Psalm 51:1 , Psalm 51:9; Acts 3:19; Colossians 2:14 ). Not to blot out sin is to reserve for punishment ( Nehemiah 4:5 ). The names of those who inherit eternal life are not blotted out of the "book of life" ( Revelation 3:5 ). See Book Of Life; Book Of Remembrance; Forgiveness .