Lexicon / G4550
σαπρός
sapros
  • rotten
  • rotten, corrupt, bad, worth­less

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Glosses: rotten

σαπρός, -ά -όν

[in Sm.: Lev.27:14, 33 * ;]

rotten, corrupt, bad, worth­less: of trees and fruit (opposite to ἀγαθός, καλός), Mat.7:17-18 12:33 Luk.6:43; of fish, Mat.13:48.

Metaphorical, in moral sense: λόγος σ. Eph.4:29. "In Hellenistic . . . it became a synonym for αἰσχρός or κακός," MM, xxii.†

(AS)

Abbott-Smith

Glosses: rotten, corrupt, bad, worth­less

rotten, corrupt, bad, worth­less