Strong's Lexicon

G4508

G4508 — ῥυπαρός

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekrhuparosadjectiveOccurrences: 2

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G4508
Word:ῥυπαρός
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from G4509
Language:Greek
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:rhuparos
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:rhoo-par-os'
Meaning:1. dirty 2. (relatively) cheap or shabby 3. (morally) wicked
KJV Renderings:vile

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ῤυπαρός, ῤυπαρᾷ, ῥυπαρον (ῤύπος, which see), filthy, dirty: properly, of clothing (A. V. vile), Jas 2:2 (the Sept. Zec 3:3 f; Josephus, Antiquities 7, 11, 3; Plutarch, Phocylides, 18; Dio Cassius, 65, 20; ῤυπαρᾷ καί ἀπλυτα, Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 2, 3 at the end; χλαμύς, Aelian v. h. 14, 10); metaphorically, defiled with iniquity, base (A. V. filthy): Rev 22:11 G L T Tr WH. ((In the sense of sordid, mean, Dionysius Halicarnassus, others.))

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ῥυπαρός (vile)

James 2:2

KJV: 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
GK: εάν γαρ εισέλθη εις την συναγωγήν υμών ανήρ χρυσοδακτύλιος εν εσθήτι λαμπρά εισέλθη δε και πτωχός εν ρυπαρά εσθήτι
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