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περικάθαρμα
Transliteration
perikatharma;
Pronunciation
per-ee-kath'-ar-mah
Parts of Speech
n n
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: TDNT 3:430
KJV Translation Count — 1x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: filth (1)
Outline of Biblical Usage
1. off scouring, refuse
2. metaph.
a. the most abject and despicable men
b. the price of expiation or redemption, because the Greeks used to apply the term "katharmata" to victims sacrificed to make expiation for the people, and even to criminals who were maintained at the public expense, that on the outbreak of a pestilence or other calamity they might be offered as sacrifices to make expiation for the state
Strong's Definitions
per-ee-kath'-ar-mah; from a compound of (4012) (περί) and (2508) (καθαίρω); something cleaned off all around, i.e. refuse (figurative): — filth.
Concordance Results Using KJV
Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the G4027 of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.