noun · masculine
kulismos
Greekκυλισμός (kulismos)
Strong’sG2946
rolling, wallowing
stem kulism-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
**† κυλισμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< κυλίω), [in Th.: Pr 2:18*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2946 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkoo'-lis-mah
a wallow (the effect of rolling), i.e. filth
Fromfrom G2947;
King Jameswallowing.
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 | kulismos | kulismois |
| object accusative | kulismon1×κυλισμὸν | kulismoin |
| direct address vocative | kulismor | kulismoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | kulismou | kulismoiu |
| to, for dative | kulismo | kulismoi |
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
kulismo 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
kulismon“wallowing”objectaccusative singular1×
2 Peter 2:22“wallowing”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.”