Strong G4507ῥυπαρία

filth

Transliteration
rhuparia
Pronunciation
hroo-par-ee'-ah
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G4508; dirtiness (morally): - filthiness.

Detailed definition

ῥυπαρία, -ας, ἡ
(ῥυπαρός)
filthiness: metaphorically, of moral defile­ment, Jas.1:21.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4507 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • filthiness1

First verses

  1. James 1:21
    Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ῥῠπᾰρ-ία, ἡ,
dirt, filth, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.56 (probably in 5.74, _plural_), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.142a, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.122, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.42.)]
2 metaphorically, sordidness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 56 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 3rd c.BC: Teles Philosophus pp.33,37 H., 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.60d; οἰκονομικὸς χωρὶς ῥυπαρίας 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 74.5.)]