Lexical Summary sapros: rotten, worthless Original Word: σαπρόςTransliteration: sapros Phonetic Spelling: (sap-ros') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: rotten, worthless Meaning: rotten, worthless Strong's Concordance bad, corrupt. From sepo; rotten, i.e. Worthless (literally or morally) -- bad, corrupt. Compare poneros. see GREEK sepo see GREEK poneros 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. |
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