Strong's Concordance sapros: rotten, worthless Original Word: σαπρός, ά, όνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: sapros Phonetic Spelling: (sap-ros') Short Definition: rotten, useless, corrupt Definition: rotten, useless, corrupt, depraved. 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. From sepo; rotten, i.e. Worthless (literally or morally) -- bad, corrupt. Compare poneros. see GREEK sepo see GREEK poneros Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 45508 Occurrences σαπρὰ — 1 Occ. σαπρὸν — 6 Occ. σαπρὸς — 1 Occ. Matthew 7:17 Adj-NNS GRK: 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 |
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