GreekG4067Noun (Neuter)
περίψημα
peripsēma
“scum”
1Occurrences
G4067Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
something brushed all around, i.e. off-scrapings (figuratively, scum)
from a comparative of G4012 (περί) and (to rub);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
that which is wiped off, offscouring: metaphorically (assoc. with περικάθαρμα, which see), (and so prob., To, l.with, as EV; but see Thayer, for the meaning expiation, ransom, in To; and cf. LS, *κάθαρμα; *Lft., Notes, 200 f., and on Ign., Eph., 8).
LXX: *
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Neuter)
Morphology Code
G:N-N
Full Description
Greek Noun, Neuter
Occurrences
περίψημα appears 1 time in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
1 Corinthians
1
Key Passages
1 Corinthians 4:13BSB
when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.
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