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Lexicon :: Strong's G4550 - sapros

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σαπρός
Transliteration
sapros (Key)
Pronunciation
sap-ros'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
8x in 4 unique form(s) TR
8x in 4 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:94,1000

Strong’s Definitions

σαπρός saprós, sap-ros'; from G4595; rotten, i.e. worthless (literally or morally):—bad, corrupt. Compare G4190.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G4550 in the following manner: corrupt (7x), bad (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G4550 in the following manner: corrupt (7x), bad (1x).

  1. rotten, putrefied

  2. corrupted by one and no longer fit for use, worn out

  3. of poor quality, bad, unfit for use, worthless

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σαπρός saprós, sap-ros'; from G4595; rotten, i.e. worthless (literally or morally):—bad, corrupt. Compare G4190.
STRONGS G4550:
σαπρός, 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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
7:17; 12:33; 13:48
Luke
6:43
Ephesians
4:29

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4550 matches the Greek σαπρός (sapros),
which occurs 8 times in 6 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:17 - Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:18 - A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:33 - "Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:48 - which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:43 - For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that brings forth good fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:29 - Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
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