King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER G4550
Transliteration: sapros
Phonetic Spelling: (sap-ros')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: rotten, worthless
Meaning: rotten, worthless
σαπρός, σαπρά, σαπρόν (σήπω, 2 aorist passive σαπῆναι);
Word Summary
sapros: rotten, worthless
Original Word: σαπρόςTransliteration: sapros
Phonetic Spelling: (sap-ros')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: rotten, worthless
Meaning: rotten, worthless
Strong's Concordance
bad, corrupt. From sepo; rotten, i.e. Worthless (literally or morally) -- bad, corrupt. Compare poneros.
see GREEK sepo
see GREEK poneros
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4550: σαπρόςσαπρός, σαπρά, σαπρόν (σήπω, 2 aorist passive σαπῆναι);
1. rotten, putrid ((Hipponax), Hippcr., Aristophanes, others).
2. corrupted by age and no lounger fit for use, worn out (Aristophanes, Dio Chr., others); hence, in general, of poor quality, bad, unfit for use, worthless (A. V. corrupt) (πᾶν, ὁ μή τήν ἰδίαν χρείαν πληροι, σαπρόν λέγομεν, Chrysostom hom. 4 on 1 Timothy): δένδρον, καρπός, opposed to καλός, Matthew 7:17; Matthew 12:33; Luke 6:43; fishes, Matthew 13:48 (here A. V. bad); tropically, λόγος, Ephesians 4:29 (cf. Harless at the passage); δόγμα, Epictetus 3, 22, 61. Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 377f.