Strong G4508ῥυπαρός

filthy

Transliteration
rhuparos
Pronunciation
rhoo-par-os'
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G4509; dirty that is (relatively) cheap or shabby; morally wicked: - vile.

Detailed definition

ῥυπαρός, -ά, -όν
(ῥύπος), [in LXX: Zec.3:4-5, (3-4) (צוֹא)*;]
filthy, dirty: of old, shabby clothing (Za, l.with), Jas.2:2; metaphorically, of moral defilement, Rev.22:11.†
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In the Bible

Strong G4508 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • vile1

First verses

  1. James 2:2
    For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ῥῠπᾰρός, ά, όν,
filthy, dirty, κόλυθρον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Teleclides Comicus 3; δάπιδες 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 185)]; ῥ. εἴριον greasy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 21; γαστέρας [prev. author] “Prorrh.” 2.23 (assuming variant))]; unpurged, σῶμα [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Alexander Trallianus Medicus “de febribus” 7.)]
2 metaphorically, sordid, mean, ἤδη χορηγὸν πώποτε -ώτερον τοῦδ᾽ εἶδε; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 306)]; uncultured, ῥ. τρόποι [Refs 6th c.BC+ ({5-6th c.BC}: Philetaerus Comicus 18)]; βίος δουλοπρεπὴς καὶ ῥ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Virtutibus et Vitiis” 1251b13)]; ῥ. πολῖται, ὄχλος, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 7.8, 9.44)]; of style, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 43.5)]. adverb -ρῶς[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 142, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 43, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.9.4, “Anthologia Graeca” 10.48 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus))]: superlative -ώτατα[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 59.4.)]
3 of coins, made of base metal, gold or silver alloy, ἀργυρίου ῥυπαρὰς δραχμάς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 214.12 (2nd c.AD),compare “Ostr.Bodl.” ii 32 (2nd c.AD), +others)]
4 κροτὼν ῥ., probably ={ἀδειγμάτιστος}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 670.6 (3rd c.BC))]; σῖτος ῥ. unwinnowed, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (PFay. 16.10 (1st c.BC))]; κριθὴ ῥ. [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1542.7 (4th c.AD).)]