Strong's Lexicon rhupoó: To defile, to make filthy Original Word: ῥυπόω Word Origin: Derived from ῥύπος (rhupos), meaning "filth" or "dirt." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often relates to the concept of impurity or uncleanness, such as טָמֵא (tamei), which means "unclean" or "defiled." Usage: The verb "rhupoó" is used in the New Testament to describe the act of making something unclean or defiled. It conveys a sense of moral or ceremonial impurity, often in the context of spiritual or religious defilement. Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, cleanliness was often associated with religious purity. The concept of defilement was significant in Jewish culture, where ceremonial laws dictated what was considered clean or unclean. This understanding carried over into early Christian teachings, where spiritual purity was emphasized over mere physical cleanliness. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 4510 rhypóō – to become dirty, spiritually filthy. See 4509 (rhypos). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originvariant reading for rhupainó, q.v. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4510: ῤυπόωῤυπόω, ῤύπῳ; 1 aorist imperative 3 person singular ῤυπωσάτω; 1. to make filthy, defile, soil: Homer, Odyssey 6, 59. 2. intransitive for ῤυπάω, to be filthy: morally, Revelation 22:11 Rec. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance pollute, defileFrom rhupos; to soil, i.e. (intransitively) to become dirty (morally) -- be filthy. see GREEK rhupos Forms and Transliterations ρυπανθητω ῥυπανθήτω ρυπαρευθήτω ρυπαρός rhypantheto rhypanthētō rhypanthḗto rhypanthḗtō rupantheto rupanthētōLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Revelation 22:11 V-AMP-3SGRK: ὁ ῥυπαρὸς ῥυπανθήτω ἔτι καὶ KJV: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy INT: he that is filthy let him be filthy still and |