Quick Definition
βόρβορος, ου, ὁ n.m. mud, mire, filth
Strong's Definition
of uncertain derivation; mud
KJV Usage: mire
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου
2.17 · Natural Substances · Earth, Mud, Sand, Rock
mud, mire watery mud, with an additional feature of filth and uncleanness
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βόρβορος, -ov, 6, dung, mire: 2 Pet. ii. 22. (Sept.; Aeschyl., Arstph., Plat., sqq.; ἐν βορβόρῳ κυλίεσθαι, of the vicious, Epict. diss. 4, 11, 29.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βόρβορος borboros 1x
mud, mire, dung, filth, 2 Pet. 2:22*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βόρβορος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX: Je 45(38):6 (טִיט)* ;]
mud, filth: II Pe 2:22.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
βόρβορος. For this word which is found in Jerem 455 and 2 Pet 25", cf. Apoc, Petr. 8 καὶ λίμνη τις iv μεγάλη πεπληρωμένη βορβόρου φλεγομένου, also Acéa Thomae (ed. Bonnet) 53 εἶδον βόρβορον... καὶ ψυχὰς ἐκεῖ κυλιομένας. Both the noun and the corresponding verb occur in the Pelagia-Legenden, Ὁ. 64 (ed. Usener): ἐλθοῦσα περιστερὰ μελάνη Kal βεβορβορωμένη περιεπέτατό μοι, kal τὴν δυσωδίαν τοῦ βορβόρου αὐτῆς οὐκ ἠδυνάμην φέρειν. See also Wendland in δύο. Ber? Akad. 1898, p. 788 ff., Bibl. Grk only in
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
βόρβορος (borboros) — mire. βόρβορος, ὁ, mire, filth, [NT+7th c.BC+] clay, moist earth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; sewer, [Refs 5th c.AD+]: metaphorically, foul abuse, τοσοῦτον β. κατήντλησάς μου [Refs 2nd c.AD+]