Strong G4509ῥύπος
filth
- Transliteration
- rhupos
- Pronunciation
- hroo'-pos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of uncertain affinity;
dirt that is (moral) depravity: - filth.
dirt that is (moral) depravity: - filth.
Detailed definition
ῥύπος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX: Isa.4:4 (צוֹאָה), Job.14:4 (טָמֵא), etc.;]
dirt, filth: 1Pe.3:21.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Isa.4:4 (צוֹאָה), Job.14:4 (טָמֵא), etc.;]
dirt, filth: 1Pe.3:21.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4509 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- filth1
First verses
- 1 Peter 3:21The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ῥύπος [ῠ], ὁ,
dirt, filth, used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] once in irregular plural, κάθηράν τε ῥύπα πάντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.93)]: later in singular, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.63, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 82 (compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 892), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 130c, 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 252, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 197, etc.)]; ὁ ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶ ῥ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 960b18, compare 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 1.24, “PMag.Osl.” 1.332; ῥ. ὁ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν τοῖς γυμνασίοις ἀνδριάντων 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.116; τὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ὀνύχων ῥύπον 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)] see at {γρ; ἅπαν ῥύπον} all of it filth (accusative), [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.20)]; of a person, πρὸς τὸ μὴ λοῦσθαι ῥύπος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristopho Comicus 10.4)]:—also ῥύπος, εος, τό, of cheese-parings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.64.)]
2 metaphorically, sordidness, meanness, ὁ ῥ. τοῦ χαμαὶ βίου [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 7.47.)]
II sealing-wax, τοὺς ῥ. ἀνασπάσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1198.)]
dirt, filth, used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] once in irregular plural, κάθηράν τε ῥύπα πάντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.93)]: later in singular, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.63, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 82 (compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 892), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 130c, 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 252, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 197, etc.)]; ὁ ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶ ῥ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 960b18, compare 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 1.24, “PMag.Osl.” 1.332; ῥ. ὁ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν τοῖς γυμνασίοις ἀνδριάντων 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.116; τὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ὀνύχων ῥύπον 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)] see at {γρ; ἅπαν ῥύπον} all of it filth (accusative), [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.20)]; of a person, πρὸς τὸ μὴ λοῦσθαι ῥύπος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristopho Comicus 10.4)]:—also ῥύπος, εος, τό, of cheese-parings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.64.)]
2 metaphorically, sordidness, meanness, ὁ ῥ. τοῦ χαμαὶ βίου [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 7.47.)]
II sealing-wax, τοὺς ῥ. ἀνασπάσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1198.)]