Quick Definition
ῥύπος, ου, ὁ n.m. filth, dirt
Strong's Definition
of uncertain affinity; dirt, i.e. (morally) depravity
KJV Usage: filth
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | ῥυπαίνομαι
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ῥύπος, -ov, 6, fr. Hom. down, filth: 1 Pet. iii. 21 [B. § 151, 14; W. § 80, 8 Ν. 3]. purée, τῶ; 1 aor. impy. 3 pers. sing. ῥυπωσάτω; 1. to make filthy, defile, soil: Hom. Od. 6. 59. 2. intrans. for ῥυπάω, to be filthy: morally, Rev. xxii. 11 Rec.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ῥύπος rhypos 1x
filth, squalor, 1 Pet. 3:21*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ῥύπος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX: Is 4:4 (צֹאָה), Jb 14:4 (טָמֵא), etc. ;]
dirt, filth: I Pe 3:21.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ῥύπος (rhupos) — filth. ῥύπος [ῠ], ὁ, dirt, filth, used by [Refs 8th c.BC+] once in irregular plural, κάθηράν τε ῥύπα πάντα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: later in singular, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ὁ ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶ ῥ. [Refs 4th c.BC+] see at {γρ; ἅπαν ῥύπον} all of it filth (accusative), [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of a person, πρὸς τὸ μὴ λοῦσθαι ῥύπος [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—also ῥύπος, εος, τό, of cheese-parings, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. metaphorically, sordidness, meanness, ὁ ῥ. τοῦ χαμαὶ βίου [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. sealing-wax, τοὺς ῥ. ἀνασπάσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]