Spot
Spot [1]
is the rendering in the A.V. of מוּם, mum, a blemish (as usually rendered), either physical ( Leviticus 21:17 sq.; Leviticus 22:20; Leviticus 24:19-20, etc.; 2 Samuel 14:25; Song of Solomon 4:7) or moral ( Deuteronomy 32:5; Job 11:15; Job 31:7; Proverbs 9:7); so σπιλάς, literally a breaker or rock in the sea (metaphor. Judges 1:12) or σπῖλος (morally Ephesians 5:27; 2 Peter 2:13); חֲב רְבֻּרָה, chabarburah, the variegated spots of the panther, or rather the stripes of the tiger ( Jeremiah 13:23); בִּהֶרֶת, bahereth, brightness, the whitish "bright spot" of incipient leprosy ( Leviticus 13:23; Leviticus 14:56); בֹּהִק, bohak, scurf, the scaly "freckled spot" of pronounced leprosy ( Leviticus 13:39); טָלוּא, tali, patched (as "spotted" sheep or goats, Genesis 30:32 sq.; or "divers-colored" garments, Ezekiel 16:16). (See Color).
