Strong's Lexicon
G4508 — ῥυπαρός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
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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