King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4595
Transliteration: sēpō
Phonetic Spelling: (say'-po)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make corrupt, pass. become corrupt
Meaning: to make corrupt, become corrupt
σήπω: from Homer down; to make corrupt; in the Bible also to destroy, Job 40:7 (12); passive, to become corrupt or rotten; 2 perfect active σέσηπα, to (have become i. e. to) be corrupted (cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 82): ὁ πλοῦτος σέσηπεν, has perished, James 5:2.
Word Summary
sēpō: to make corrupt, pass. become corrupt
Original Word: σήπωTransliteration: sēpō
Phonetic Spelling: (say'-po)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make corrupt, pass. become corrupt
Meaning: to make corrupt, become corrupt
Strong's Concordance
be corrupted, perishApparently a primary verb; to putrefy, i.e. (figuratively) perish -- be corrupted.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4595: σήπωσήπω: from Homer down; to make corrupt; in the Bible also to destroy, Job 40:7 (12); passive, to become corrupt or rotten; 2 perfect active σέσηπα, to (have become i. e. to) be corrupted (cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 82): ὁ πλοῦτος σέσηπεν, has perished, James 5:2.