Quick Definition
ῥυπαρός, ά, όν Adj filthy, defiled
Strong's Definition
from 4509; dirty, i.e. (relatively) cheap or shabby; morally, wicked
KJV Usage: vile
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ά, -όν | ῥυπαίνομαι
79.52 · Features of Objects · Clean, Dirty
dirty, filthy pertaining to being dirty or filthy In JAS 2:2 the emphasis of ῥυπαρός is not upon clothes being ragged as one might expect in the case of a poor man, but upon the clothes being filthy and thus the basis for greater offense and avoidance.
88.257 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Impurity
morally impure, morally filthy, morally perverted pertaining to being morally impure or filthy It would be a mistake to assume that physical filth is necessarily related to moral impurity. Hence, one cannot simply take a word meaning ‘dirty’ and presume that it may carry the figurative significance of moral depravity or impurity. The equivalent in some languages is ‘moral degenerate,’ ‘stained with badness,’ ‘spotted with evil,’ or ‘has sin on him like leprous spots.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ῥυπαρός, -d, -dv, (ῥύπος, q. v.), filthy, dirty: prop. of clothing [A. V. vile], Jas. ii. 2 (Sept. Zech. iii. 3 sq.; Joseph. antt. 7, 11,3; Plut. Phoc. 18; Dio Cass. 65, 20; ῥυπαρὰ καὶ ἄπλυτα, Artem. oneir. 2, 3 fin.; χλαμύς, Ael. v. h. 14, 10); metaph. defiled with iniquity, base, [A. V. filthy]: Rey. xxii. 11 GLTTr ΜῊ. [(In the sense of sordid, mean, Dion. Hal., al.) ]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ῥυπαρός rhyparos 2x
filthy, squalid, sordid, dirty, Jas. 2:2; met. defiled, polluted, Rev. 22:11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ῥυπαρός, -ά, -όν
(< ῥύπος), [in LXX: Za 3:4, 5, (3, 4) (צוֹא)* ;]
filthy, dirty: of old, shabby clothing (Za, l.c.), Ja 2:2; metaph., of moral defilement, Re 22:11.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ῥυπαρός, “shabby,” ‘‘soiled,” is applied to clothing in P Giss I. 76% (ii/A.p.) τρίβωνα[ς] ῥυπαρὰς B καὶ στολὴν ὁμοίως λευκήν, “two soiled cloaks and likewise a white robe,” as 5 «ε 5 Popaikos in Jas 2*: cf. P Fay 161° (i/p.c.) σίτου ῥυπαροῦ, “dirty (i.e. unwinnowed) corn,” and P Ryl II. 7271 (B.c. 99-8) κ(ριθῆς) ῥυπαρ[ᾶς. The adj. is very common in the papyri in connexion with payments, and was denoting ““debased” coin, e.g. P Tebt II. 348° (a.p. 23) apyuplov pu@(apod) [δ]ρ[αἸχμὰς δεκάδυο, ‘‘twelve dr. debased silver ’’ (Edd.), and P Fay 52 (a)® (a receipt for poll-tax —A.D. 191-2) ἐπὶ A[d]you ῥυπίαρὰς) δραχμ(ὰς) ὀκτώ. But, according to Milne 7heban Ostraca p. 104 (cf. Annals of Archaeology and Anthropology vii. p. 64 ff.), ‘the word does not appear to refer to any distinct class of coins—all Roman tetradrachms of Alexandria might have been called putapaé—and probably was a term of account, like the *bad’ piastre of some Turkish towns, e.g. Smyrna.’’ Hence in P Ryl II. 194% ῥυπί(αρὰς) (δραχμὰς) ἑπτὰ ἡμιοβί(έλιον) the editors translate ‘7 drachmae of discounted silver $ obol.”” generally understood as C7, ῥύπος, “filth ’’ (1 Pet 374), is found = ‘‘ wax” in superstitious medicine, P Osl I. 188 (iv/a.D.) pikov δὲ καὶ ταῖς κριθαῖς Kal ῥύπον ἀπὸ ὠτίου μούλας, ‘‘mix also with the barleyIn Isai 44 T the noun is neuter. The adj. ϑυπώδης occurs in the medical prescription P Oxy 11. 234%18 (ii/iili A.p.) ὅταν ῥυπῶδες γένηται, ἀνάλαβε, ‘when it becomes discoloured, draw the liquor off.” corn the ear-wax ofa female mule” (Ed.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ῥυπαρός (rhuparos) — filthy. ῥῠπᾰρός, ά, όν, filthy, dirty, κόλυθρον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥ. εἴριον greasy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; unpurged, σῶμα [Refs 6th c.AD+]
2. metaphorically, sordid, mean, ἤδη χορηγὸν πώποτε -ώτερον τοῦδ᾽ εἶδε; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; uncultured, ῥ. τρόποι [Refs 6th c.BC+]; βίος δουλοπρεπὴς καὶ ῥ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ῥ. πολῖται, ὄχλος, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of style, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]. adverb -ρῶς[Refs 4th c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατα[Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3. of coins, made of base metal, gold or silver alloy, ἀργυρίου ῥυπαρὰς δραχμάς [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
4. κροτὼν ῥ., probably ={ἀδειγμάτιστος}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; σῖτος ῥ. unwinnowed, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; κριθὴ ῥ. [Refs 4th c.AD+]