STRONGS G4550:
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,
Matthew 7:17;
Matthew 12:33;
Luke 6:43; fishes,
Matthew 13:48 (here
A. V. bad); tropically,
λόγος,
Ephesians 4:29 (cf. Harless at the passage);
δόγμα,
Epictetus 3, 22, 61. Cf.
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 377f.
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