noun · masculine
borboros
Greekβόρβορος (borboros)
Strong’sG1004
mud, mire, filth
stem borbor-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
βόρβορος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX: Je 45(38):6 (טִיט)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1004 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbor'-bor-os
mud
Fromof uncertain derivation;
King Jamesmire.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | borboros | borborois |
| object accusative | borboron | borboroin |
| direct address vocative | borboror | borboroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | borborou1×βορβόρου | borboroiu |
| to, for dative | borboro | borboroi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
borboro is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
borborou“mud”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
2 Peter 2:22“mud”sumbainatē autoi tem tau alēthau paroimiau; Kuōnos epistrefaratos epi tem idiem exeramem, kai; Huas loueratas eis kulismon borborou.Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”