Strong's Lexicon
G4550 — σαπρός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4550 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σαπρός |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G4595 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 8 |
| Transliteration: | sapros |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | sap-ros' |
| Meaning: | 1. rotten, i.e. worthless {literally or morally} |
| KJV Renderings: | bad, corrupt |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σαπρός, σαπρά, σαπρόν (σήπω, 2 aorist passive σαπῆναι);
1. rotten, putrid ((Hipponax), Hippcr., Aristophanes, others).
2. corrupted by age and no lounger fit for use, worn out (Aristophanes, Dio Chr., others); hence, in general, of poor quality, bad, unfit for use, worthless (A. V. corrupt) (πᾶν, ὁ μή τήν ἰδίαν χρείαν πληροι, σαπρόν λέγομεν, Chrysostom hom. 4 on 1 Timothy): δένδρον, καρπός, opposed to καλός, Mat 7:17; Mat 12:33; Luk 6:43; fishes, Mat 13:48 (here A. V. bad); tropically, λόγος, Eph 4:29 (cf. Harless at the passage); δόγμα, Epictetus 3, 22, 61. Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 377f.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σαπρός (bad)
Matthew 7:17
- KJV: Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit
- GK: ούτω παν δένδρον αγαθόν καρπούς καλούς ποιεί το δε σαπρόν δένδρον καρπούς πονηρούς ποιεί
Matthew 7:18
- KJV: A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit neither a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit
- GK: ου δύναται δένδρον αγαθόν καρπούς πονηρούς ποιείν ουδέ δένδρον σαπρόν καρπούς καλούς ποιείν
Matthew 12:33
- KJV: Either make the tree good and his fruit good or else make the tree corrupt and his fruit corrupt for the tree is known by fruit
- GK: η ποιήσατε το δένδρον καλόν και τον καρπόν αυτού καλόν η ποιήσατε το δένδρον σαπρόν και τον καρπόν αυτού σαπρόν εκ γαρ του καρπού το δένδρον γινώσκεται
Matthew 13:48
- KJV: Which when it was full they drew to shore and sat down and gathered the good into vessels but cast the bad away
- GK: ην ότε επληρώθη αναβιβάσαντες επί τον αιγιαλόν και καθίσαντες συνέλεξαν τα καλά εις αγγεία τα δε σαπρά έξω έβαλον
Luke 6:43
- KJV: For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit
- GK: ου γαρ εστι δένδρον καλόν ποιούν καρπόν σαπρόν ουδέ δένδρον σαπρόν ποιούν καρπόν καλόν
Ephesians 4:29
- KJV: Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth but that which is good to the use of edifying that it may minister grace unto the hearers
- GK: πας λόγος σαπρός εκ του στόματος υμών μη εκπορευέσθω αλλ΄ ει αγαθός προς οικοδομήν της χρείας ίνα δω χάριν τοις ακούουσι