noun · neuter

perikatharmem

Greekπερικάθαρμα (perikatharma)

Strong’sG4027

refuse, filth

stem perikatharm-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

scum1×

What it means

† περι-κάθαρμα, -τος, τό

(< περικαθαίρω, to purify on all sides or completely, De 18:10, Jos 5:4, IV Mac 1:29*), [in LXX: Pr 21:18 (כֹּפֶר)*;]

1. a victim, expiation (Pr 21:18).

2. refuse, rubbish: pl., I Co 4:13 (v. ICC, in l.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4027 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidper-ee-kath'-ar-mah

something cleaned off all around, i.e. refuse (figuratively)

Fromfrom a compound of G4012 and G2508;

King Jamesfilth.

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 or object direct	perikatharmem	perikatharmeim1×περικαθάρματα
of, belonging to genitive	perikatharmeu	perikatharmeiu
to, for dative	perikatharme	perikatharmei

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

perikatharmstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

perikatharme 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

perikatharmeim“scum”subject or objectdirect plural1×

1 Corinthians 4:13“scum”dusfēmirōtois parakalanō; hōs perikatharmeim tou kosmou ginina, panteiu peripsēmem heōs arti.when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.