G4550 – sapros – σαπρός – to be rotten; fig. corrupt
- Strong’s ID:
- G4550
- Greek Word:
- σαπρός
- Transliteration:
- sapros
- Pronunciation:
- sap-ros’
- Part of Speech:
- adjective
- Etymology:
- from G4595
- Comparables:
- G4190, to be hurtful; fig. evil
G2556, to be worthless; fig. wicked - Usage Count:
- 8
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- Find “sapros” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) to be rotten
2) figuratively: corrupt
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G4595; rotten, i.e. worthless (literally or morally):—bad, corrupt. Compare G4190.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) rotten, putrefied
2) corrupted by one and no longer fit for use, worn out
3) of poor quality, bad, unfit for use, worthless
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.