G4657 – skubalon – σκύβαλον – what’s thrown to the dogs; fig. garbage
- Strong’s ID:
- G4657
- Greek Word:
- σκύβαλον
- Transliteration:
- skybalon / skubalon
- Pronunciation:
- skoo’-bal-on
- Part of Speech:
- noun neuter
- Etymology:
- neuter of a presumed derivative of G1519 and G2965 and G906
- Usage Count:
- 1
- Search:
- Find “skubalon” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) what’s thrown to the dogs
2) figuratively: garbage
Word Picture:
Imagine walking through an ancient city and seeing the waste people toss into the streets—the scraps, the rotten food, the refuse fit only for scavenging dogs. That’s σκύβαλον. When Paul calls his former status and achievements σκύβαλον in Philippians 3:8, he isn’t just saying they’re “rubbish”—he’s saying they’re as worthless as scraps thrown to the dogs, unworthy of a second thought compared to knowing Christ.
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
neuter of a presumed derivative of G1519 and G2965 and G906; what is thrown to the dogs, i.e. refuse (ordure):—dung.
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) any refuse, as the excrement of animals, offscourings, rubbish, dregs
1a) of things worthless and detestable
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.