Strong G4595σήπω
to rot
- Transliteration
- sēpō
- Pronunciation
- say'-po
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Apparently a primary verb; to putrefy that is (figuratively) perish: - be corrupted.
Detailed definition
σήπω
[in LXX; Psa.38:5 (מָקַק ni.), Job.33:21 (כָּלָה) Job.40:7, Sir.14:19, al.;]
to make corrupt: 2 pf. act, with mid, sense (see M, Pr., 154), σέσηπεν, has perished, become corrupted, Jas.5:2.†
(AS)
[in LXX; Psa.38:5 (מָקַק ni.), Job.33:21 (כָּלָה) Job.40:7, Sir.14:19, al.;]
to make corrupt: 2 pf. act, with mid, sense (see M, Pr., 154), σέσηπεν, has perished, become corrupted, Jas.5:2.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4595 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- corrupt1
First verses
- James 5:2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
σήπω,
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 995, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 84d, etc.)]: future σήψω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 275:)]aorist ἔσηψα (δι-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 9.62)]:—make rotten or putrid, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “fragment” l)].with; of a serpent's poison, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ch.” l)].with; of the sting of the σήψ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 16.40.)]
b soak hides, δέρματα σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Supp.epigram” 3.18 (Athens, 5th c.BC).)]
2 metaphorically, corrupt, waste, αἱ ἡσυχίαι σήπουσι καὶ ἀπολλύασι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 153c; σ. τὰ τῆς πόλεως πράγματα 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 11.37.)]
II mostly in passive (perfect σέσηπα being used in passive sense, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.135, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 319, (κατα-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1035, (ἀπο-) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.12))], future σᾰπήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.397, (κατα-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 86b, (ἀπο-) 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.1:)]aorist ἐσάπην [ᾰ] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 152, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.41, 3.66, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 80d)]; σαπήῃ (κατα-), Epic dialect subjunctive for σαπῇ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.27:)]perfect σέσημμαι probably in [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1449.51 (3rd c.AD))]:—rot, moulder, of dead bodies, χρὼς σήπεται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.414, compare 19.27, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.41; περὶ ῥινοῖο σαπείσης 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 152)]; of wood, δοῦρα σέσηπε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.135; τριήρης ὑπὸ τερηδόνων σαπεῖσα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1308.)]
II.2 of live flesh, mortify, ὁ μηρὸς ἐσάπη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.66; σφακελίσαντος τοῦ μηροῦ καὶ σαπέντος [prev. author] 6.136, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 80d; αἷμα σέσηπεν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 319)]; promote coction or formation of 'laudable' pus, in active, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 1.6, 28.)]
II.3 of water, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Aër.” 8; οἶνος.. σαπὲν ἐν ξύλῳ ὕδωρ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 81.)]
II.4 of the food rejected after digestion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 381b12, +others; compare σηπτός, σῆψις 11.)]
II.5 metaphorically, σ. ὑπὸ τῆς ἡδονῆς [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 23; ὁ πλοῦτος ὑμῶν σέσηπε NT.Jam.5.2.)]
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 995, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 84d, etc.)]: future σήψω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 275:)]aorist ἔσηψα (δι-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 9.62)]:—make rotten or putrid, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “fragment” l)].with; of a serpent's poison, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ch.” l)].with; of the sting of the σήψ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 16.40.)]
b soak hides, δέρματα σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Supp.epigram” 3.18 (Athens, 5th c.BC).)]
2 metaphorically, corrupt, waste, αἱ ἡσυχίαι σήπουσι καὶ ἀπολλύασι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 153c; σ. τὰ τῆς πόλεως πράγματα 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 11.37.)]
II mostly in passive (perfect σέσηπα being used in passive sense, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.135, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 319, (κατα-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1035, (ἀπο-) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.12))], future σᾰπήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.397, (κατα-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 86b, (ἀπο-) 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.1:)]aorist ἐσάπην [ᾰ] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 152, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.41, 3.66, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 80d)]; σαπήῃ (κατα-), Epic dialect subjunctive for σαπῇ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.27:)]perfect σέσημμαι probably in [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1449.51 (3rd c.AD))]:—rot, moulder, of dead bodies, χρὼς σήπεται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.414, compare 19.27, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.41; περὶ ῥινοῖο σαπείσης 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 152)]; of wood, δοῦρα σέσηπε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.135; τριήρης ὑπὸ τερηδόνων σαπεῖσα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1308.)]
II.2 of live flesh, mortify, ὁ μηρὸς ἐσάπη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.66; σφακελίσαντος τοῦ μηροῦ καὶ σαπέντος [prev. author] 6.136, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 80d; αἷμα σέσηπεν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 319)]; promote coction or formation of 'laudable' pus, in active, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 1.6, 28.)]
II.3 of water, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Aër.” 8; οἶνος.. σαπὲν ἐν ξύλῳ ὕδωρ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 81.)]
II.4 of the food rejected after digestion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 381b12, +others; compare σηπτός, σῆψις 11.)]
II.5 metaphorically, σ. ὑπὸ τῆς ἡδονῆς [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 23; ὁ πλοῦτος ὑμῶν σέσηπε NT.Jam.5.2.)]