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G4510 ῥυπόω (rhypóō)
Greek
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Quick Definition

ῥυπαρεύομαι v. I am filthy

Strong's Definition

from 4509; to soil, i.e. (intransitively) to become dirty (morally)

KJV Usage: be filthy

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | ῥυπαρία · ῥυπαρός · ῥύπος

88.258 · (ῥυπαίνομαι) · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Impurity

to live in moral filth, to live a completely bad life to live in a degenerate manner

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ῥυπαίνω: (ῥύπος, ἢ. v-); to make filthy, befoul; to defile, dishonor, (Xen., Aristot., Dion. Hal., Plut., al.); 1 aor. “Ῥώμη pass. impv. 3 pers. sing. ῥυπανθήτω, let him be made filthy, i.e. trop. let him continue to defile himself with sins, Rev. xxii. 11 LT Tr WH txt.®

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ῥυπαίνω rhypainō 1x

to make filthy, defile, Rev. 22:11*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* ῥυπόω, -ῶ

(< ῥύπος),

to make filthy: Re 22:11 Rec. (AV, tr. as = ῥυπάω, to be filthy).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ῥυπαίνω ““make filthy,” ‘‘defile,’’ occurs in the NT only in Rev 2211 ὃ ῥυπαρὸς ῥυπανθήτω ἔτι, where, as Swete points out ad /., the aor. (not ῥυπαίνεσθαι) indicates the fixity of the state into which the ῥυπαρός has entered. For the act. cf. Jos. ¢ Ap. i. 220 puTratve τὴν εὐγένειαν... ἐπεχείρησαν, and Vett. Val. p. 1168 ψύξει τοὺς γάμους ἢ ῥυπαίνει.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ῥυπόω (rhupoō) — to defile. ῥῠπό-ω, make foul and filthy, befoul (compare ῥυπάω):— passive, to be foul and filthy, Epic dialect perfect participle passive, εἵματα.. τά μοι ῥερυπωμένα κεῖται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐρρυπωμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+] H.:—active, uncertain reading in [Refs 4th c.BC+]

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