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Lexicon :: Strong's G4550 - sapros

Strong's

Red Letter

σαπρός

Transliteration

sapros (Key)

Pronunciation

sap-ros'

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Part of Speech

adjective

Root Word (Etymology)

From σήπω (G4595)

Greek Inflections of σαπρός [?]

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 Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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.

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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

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

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

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Mat 7:17 - “Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad^G4550 tree bears bad fruit.

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Mat 7:18 - “A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad^G4550 tree bear good fruit.

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Mat 12:33 -

“Either^G2228 make^G4160 the tree^G1186 good^G2570 and its fruit^G2590 good^G2570, or^G2228 make^G4160 the tree^G1186 bad^G4550 and its fruit^G2590 bad^G4550; for the tree^G1186 is known^G1097 by its fruit^G2590.

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Mat 13:48 - and when it was filled, they drew it up on the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad^G4550 they threw away.

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Luk 6:43 - “For there is no good tree which produces bad^G4550 fruit, nor, [fn]on the other hand, a bad^G4550 tree which produces good fruit.

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Eph 4:29 - Let no [fn]unwholesome^G4550 word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for building up [fn]what is needed, so that it will give grace to those who hear.

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