Lexicon sapros: Rotten, corrupt, bad, worthless Original Word: σαπρός Strong's Exhaustive Concordance bad, corrupt. From sepo; rotten, i.e. Worthless (literally or morally) -- bad, corrupt. Compare poneros. see GREEK sepo see GREEK poneros HELPS Word-studies 4550 saprós – properly, rotten (putrid), over-ripe; (figuratively) over-done (ripened); hence, corrupt. "4550 (saprós) is (akin to sēpō, 'to rot'), primarily, of vegetable and animal substances, expresses what is of poor quality, unfit for use, putrid" (Vine, Unger, White, NT, 49); sapros – "of poor or bad quality" (L & N, 1, 65.28). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom sépó Definition rotten, worthless NASB Translation bad (7), unwholesome (1). 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. Forms and Transliterations σαπρα σαπρά σαπρὰ σαπρον σαπρόν σαπρὸν σαπρος σαπρός σαπρὸς sapra saprà sapron saprón sapròn sapros sapròsLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Matthew 7:17 Adj-NNSGRK: τὸ δὲ σαπρὸν δένδρον καρποὺς NAS: good fruit, but the bad tree bears KJV: but a corrupt tree INT: and [the] bad tree fruits Matthew 7:18 Adj-NNS Matthew 12:33 Adj-ANS Matthew 12:33 Adj-AMS Matthew 13:48 Adj-ANP Luke 6:43 Adj-AMS Luke 6:43 Adj-NNS Ephesians 4:29 Adj-NMS Strong's Greek 4550 |
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