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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

FILTH; FILTHINESS; FILTHY

filth, fil'-thi-nes, fil'-thi (tso'ah, Tum'ah; rhupoo):

The word once translated "filth" in the Old Testament is tso'ah, "excrement" or "dung," elsewhere translated "dung" (Isaiah 4:4, used figuratively of evil doings, sin, "the filth of the daughters of Zion"; compare Proverbs 30:12); in the New Testament we have perikatharma "cleansings" "sweepings," offscourings (1 Corinthians 4:13, "We are made as the filth of the world," the Revised Version, margin "or refuse"); rhupos, "filth," "dirt," Septuagint for tso'ah in Isaiah 4:4 (1 Peter 3:21, "the filth of the flesh").

"Filthiness" is the translation of tum'ah, "uncleanness" (ritual, Leviticus 5:3; Leviticus 7:20, etc.), used figuratively of moral impurity, translated "filthiness" (Ezra 6:21 Lamentations 1:9 Ezekiel 22:15; Ezekiel 24:11, 13; 36:25); niddah, "impurity" (2 Chronicles 29:5); figuratively (Ezra 9:11); the Revised Version (British and American) has "uncleanness," but "filthiness" for uncleanness at close of verse (niddah); nechosheth, "brass," figuratively (for "impurity" or "impudence") (Ezekiel 16:36); aischrotes, primarily "ugliness," tropical for unbecomingness, indecency (only Ephesians 5:4, "nor filthiness, nor foolish talking"; Alford has "obscenity," Weymouth, "shameful"); akathartes, "uncleanness" (Revelation 17:4 the King James Version), corrected text, ta akatharta, "the unclean things," so the Revised Version (British and American).

"Filthy" is the translation of 'alach, "to be turbid," to become foul or corrupt in a moral sense (Job 15:16 the King James Version; Psalm 14:3; Psalm 53:3); `iddim, plural of `iddah, from `adhadh, "to number or compute (monthly courses)"; Isaiah 64:6, "All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags," the Revised Version (British and American) "as a polluted garment"; compare Ezekiel 36:17; aischros, "ugly," tropical for unbecoming, shameful (Titus 1:11, "for filthy lucre's sake"; compare Titus 1:7); shameful discourse aischrologia (Colossians 3:8 the King James Version); rhupoo, "filthy," in a moral sense polluted (Revelation 22:11, "He that is filthy, let him be filthy still," the Revised Version (British and American) "let him be made filthy still" (corrected text), margin "yet more"; Alford, "Let the filthy (morally polluted) pollute himself still" (in the constant middle sense of passive verbs when the act depends on the man's self)).

In Apocrypha we have (Ecclesiasticus 22:1): "A slothful man is compared to a filthy (ardaloo) stone," the Revised Version (British and American) "a stone that is defiled," 22:2 "A slothful man is compared to the filth (bolbiton) of a dunghill"; 27:4 "So the filth (skubalon) of a man in his talk (the Revised Version (British and American) "of man in his reasoning") remaineth."

See UNCLEANNESS.

W. L. Walker

Greek

4508. rhuparos -- filthy
... filthy. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: rhuparos Phonetic Spelling:
(rhoo-par-os') Short Definition: filthy, defiled Definition: filthy, defiled ...
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4507a. rhupaino -- to make filthy
... to make filthy. Transliteration: rhupaino Short Definition: filthy. Word Origin
from rhupos Definition to make filthy NASB Word Usage filthy (1). 4507, 4507a ...
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4507. rhuparia -- to make filthy
... to make filthy. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: rhuparia Phonetic
Spelling: (hroo-par-ee'-ah) Short Definition: filth, pollution Definition ...
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4510. rhupoo -- pollute, defile
... pollute, defile. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: rhupoo Phonetic Spelling:
(rhoo-po'-o) Short Definition: I am filthy Definition: I am filthy; hence ...
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148. aischrologia -- abusive language
... language. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: aischrologia Phonetic
Spelling: (ahee-skhrol-og-ee'-ah) Short Definition: filthy speech Definition ...
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150. aischros -- shameful
... filthy. From the same as aischunomai; shameful, ie Base (specially, venal) --
filthy. see GREEK aischunomai. (aischron) -- 3 Occurrences. ...
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146. aischrokerdes -- greedy of base gain
... greedy, given to filthy lucre. From aischros and kerdos (gain); sordid --
given to (greedy of) filthy lucre. see GREEK aischros. ...
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4657. skubalon -- refuse
... 4657 (from 2965 , "dog" and 906 , "throw") -- properly, thrown to dogs, like filthy
scraps of garbage (table-scraps, dung, muck, sweepings); (figuratively ...
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766. aselgeia -- licentiousness, wantonness
... selges (of uncertain derivation, but apparently meaning continent); licentiousness
(sometimes including other vices) -- filthy, lasciviousness, wantonness. ...
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147. aischrokerdos -- from eagerness for base gain
... for the sake of dishonest gain. Adverb from aischrokerdes; sordidly -- for filthy
lucre's sake. see GREEK aischrokerdes. (aischrokerdos) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6674. tso -- filthy
tso or tsoi. 6673, 6674. tso or tsoi. 6675 . filthy. Transliteration: tso
or tsoi Phonetic Spelling: (tso) Short Definition: filthy. ...
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5708. ed -- filthy
... 5707, 5708. ed. 5709 . filthy. Transliteration: ed Phonetic Spelling:
(ayd) Short Definition: filthy. Word Origin see edah. filthy ...
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4754. mara -- perhaps to flap (the wings)
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition perhaps to flap (the wings) NASB Word
Usage lifts (1). be filthy, lift up self. A primitive root ...
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444. alach -- to be corrupt (morally)
... become filthy. A primitive root; to muddle, ie (figuratively and intransitive) to
turn (morally) corrupt -- become filthy. 443, 444. alach. 445 . ...
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5713c. iddah -- menstruation
... iddah. 5714 . menstruation. Transliteration: iddah Short Definition: filthy. Word
Origin from an unused word Definition menstruation NASB Word Usage filthy (1 ...
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8262. shaqats -- to detest, make detestable
... A primitive root; to be filthy, ie (intensively) to loathe, pollute -- abhor, make
abominable, have in abomination, detest, X utterly. 8261, 8262. ...
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6675. tsoah -- filth
... filth. Word Origin from the same as tseah Definition filth NASB Word Usage
filth (1), filthiness (1), filthy (1). dung, filthiness. ...
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8251. shiqquts -- detested thing
... Or shiqquts {shik-koots'}; from shaqats; disgusting, ie Filthy; especially idolatrous
or (concretely) an idol -- abominable filth (idol, -ation), detestable ...
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Library

On Filthy Speaking.
... The Instructor: Book II. Chapter VI."On Filthy Speaking. From filthy speaking
we ourselves must entirely abstain, and stop the ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter vi on filthy speaking.htm

"All Our Righteousnesses are as Filthy Rags, and we all do Fade as ...
... Sermon XVI. "All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags, and we all do fade as
a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.". ...
/.../the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon xvi all our righteousnesses.htm

Vision First. Against Filthy and Proud Thoughts, and the ...
... The Pastor: Book First."Visions. Vision First. Against Filthy and Proud Thoughts,
and the Carelessness of Hermas in Chastising His Sons. Chap. I. ...
/.../pastor/the pastor books first second third/vision first against filthy and.htm

There Is, Let us Say, a Certain Filthy Rookery in Hoxton...
... Chapter 9 There is, let us say, a certain filthy rookery in Hoxton� There
is, let us say, a certain filthy rookery in Hoxton, dripping ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 9 there is let.htm

"But we are all as an Unclean Thing, and all Our Righteousnesses ...
... Sermon XV. "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses
are as filthy rags,". Isaiah lxiv 6, 7.""But we are ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon xv but we are.htm

Argument. --When the Saints were Apprehended, St. Perpetua ...
... St. Perpetua Successfully Resisted Her Father's Pleading, Was Baptized
with the Others, Was Thrust into a Filthy Dungeon. Anxious ...
/.../chapter i argument when the saints were.htm

It is Shown How this Prophecy Suits the Christians.
... was made for us who believe on Christ the High Priest, namely this crucified One;
and though we lived in fornication and all kinds of filthy conversation, we ...
/.../chapter cxvi it is shown how.htm

That Bishops are to Abstain from all Receiving of Gifts.
... Therefore we being taught by him do decree, that under no circumstances, shall a
Bishop for the sake of filthy lucre invent feigned excuses for sins, and exact ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon iv that bishops are.htm

Of the Priesthood of Jesus Foretold by the Prophets.
... And Jesus was clothed with filthy garments, and He was standing before the
face of the angel. And He answered and spake unto those ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap xiv of the priesthood of.htm

Whether one May Give Alms Out of Ill-Gotten Goods?
... Objection 2: Further, all filthy lucre seems to be ill-gotten. But the
profits from whoredom are filthy lucre; wherefore it was ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(superl.) Defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene.

Thesaurus

Filthy (22 Occurrences)
... dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
FILTH; FILTHINESS; FILTHY. filth, fil'-thi-nes, fil'-thi ...
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Filth (21 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Anything that sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FILTH; FILTHINESS; FILTHY. ...
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Filthiness (16 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The state of being filthy. 2. (n.) That which is filthy, or makes filthy;
foulness; nastiness; corruption; pollution; impurity. Int. ...
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Lucre (5 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary From the Lat. lucrum, "gain." 1 Timothy 3:3,
"not given to filthy lucre." Some MSS. have not the word ...
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Impure (28 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Not pure; not clean; tainted; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something
which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances ...
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Unjust (44 Occurrences)
... DBY WBS). Revelation 22:11 He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still.
He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is ...
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Unrighteously (6 Occurrences)
... Revelation 22:11 Let him that does unrighteously do unrighteously still; and let
the filthy make himself filthy still; and let him that is righteous practise ...
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Unjustly (11 Occurrences)
... assembly. (WEB NAS). Revelation 22:11 He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly
still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He ...
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Uncleanness (56 Occurrences)
... miaino, "to defile," occurs 5 times (John 18:28 Titus 1:15 Hebrews 12:15 Jude
1:8). moluno, "to make filthy," occurs 3 times (1 Corinthians 8:7 Revelation 3:4 ...
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Lasciviousness (9 Occurrences)
... themselves by giving "themselves up to lasciviousness." The same word is translated
"wantonness" in Romans 13:13, meaning wanton manner, filthy words, unchaste ...
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Bible Concordance

Filthy (22 Occurrences)

Colossians 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
(KJV WBS YLT NIV)

1 Timothy 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
(KJV WBS YLT)

1 Timothy 3:8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Titus 1:7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Titus 1:11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
(KJV ASV YLT)

James 2:2 For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in;
(WEB)

1 Peter 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

2 Peter 2:7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
(KJV NIV)

Jude 1:8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
(KJV WBS)

Revelation 17:4 The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and was brilliantly attired with gold and jewels and pearls. She held in her hand a cup of gold, full of abominations, and she gave filthy indications of her fornication.
(WEY)

Revelation 22:11 He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Job 15:16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
(KJV WBS YLT)

Psalms 14:3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Psalms 53:3 Every one of them has gone back. They have become filthy together. There is no one who does good, no, not one.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Isaiah 28:8 For all tables are completely full of filthy vomit and filthiness.
(WEB JPS DBY NAS)

Isaiah 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
(KJV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

Lamentations 1:8 Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she is become as an unclean thing; all who honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yes, she sighs, and turns backward.
(See RSV)

Lamentations 1:17 Zion spreads forth her hands; there is none to comfort her; Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob, that those who are around him should be his adversaries: Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 24:13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have cleansed thee and thou wast not cleansed, thou shalt not be cleansed from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my wrath toward thee to rest.
(See JPS RSV)

Zephaniah 3:1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
(KJV JPS WBS)

Zechariah 3:3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Zechariah 3:4 He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, "Take the filthy garments off of him." To him he said, "Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich clothing."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Filthy

Related Terms

Filth (21 Occurrences)

Filthiness (16 Occurrences)

Lucre (5 Occurrences)

Impure (28 Occurrences)

Unjust (44 Occurrences)

Unrighteously (6 Occurrences)

Unjustly (11 Occurrences)

Uncleanness (56 Occurrences)

Lasciviousness (9 Occurrences)