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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:17 - “So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad G4550 tree bears bad fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:18 - “A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad G4550 tree produce good fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:33 - “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad G4550 and its fruit bad; G4550 for the tree is known by its fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 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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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:29 - Let no [fn]unwholesome G4550 word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification [fn]according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
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