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Lexicon :: Strong's G4027 - perikatharma

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περικάθαρμα
Transliteration
perikatharma (Key)
Pronunciation
per-ee-kath'-ar-mah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:430,381

Strong’s Definitions

περικάθαρμα perikátharma, per-ee-kath'-ar-mah; from a compound of G4012 and G2508; something cleaned off all around, i.e. refuse (figuratively):—filth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4027 in the following manner: filth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4027 in the following manner: filth (1x).

  1. off scouring, refuse

  2. metaph.

    1. the most abject and despicable men

    2. the price of expiation or redemption, because the Greeks used to apply the term "katharmata" to victims sacrificed to make expiation for the people, and even to criminals who were maintained at the public expense, that on the outbreak of a pestilence or other calamity they might be offered as sacrifices to make expiation for the state

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
περικάθαρμα perikátharma, per-ee-kath'-ar-mah; from a compound of G4012 and G2508; something cleaned off all around, i.e. refuse (figuratively):—filth.
STRONGS G4027:
περικάθαρμα, περικαθαρματος, τό (περικαθαίρω, to cleanse on all sides (περί, III. 1)), off-scouring, refuse: plural, τά περικαθάρματα τοῦ κόσμου (A. V., the filth of the world), metaphorically, the most abject and despicable men, 1 Corinthians 4:13. (Epictetus diss. 3, 22, 78;purgamenta urbis, Curt. 8, 5, 8; 10, 2, 7; (see Wetstein on 1 Corinthians, the passage cited); the Sept. once for כֹּפֶר, the price of expiation or redemption, Proverbs 21:18, because the Greeks used to apply the term καθαρματα to victims sacrificed to make expiation for the people, and even to criminals who were maintained at the public expense, that on the outbreak of a pestilence or other calamity they might be offered as sacrifices to make expiation for the state.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Proverbs
21:18
1 Corinthians
4:13

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Strong's Number G4027 matches the Greek περικάθαρμα (perikatharma),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:13 - when we are slandered, we try to plead; we have become as the scum G4027 of the world, the grime of all things, even until now.
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