noun · masculine
rupos
Greekῥύπος (rupos)
Strong’sG4509
filth, dirt
stem rup-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ῥύπος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX: Is 4:4 (צֹאָה), Jb 14:4 (טָמֵא), etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4509 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhroo'-pos
dirt, i.e. (morally) depravity
Fromof uncertain affinity;
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 nominative | rupos | rupois |
| object accusative | rupon | rupoin |
| direct address vocative | rupor | rupoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | rupou1×ῥύπου | rupoiu |
| to, for dative | rupo | rupoi |
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
rupo 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
rupou“dirt”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
1 Peter 3:21“dirt”hem kai vin antitupem nun sōzatō baptismem, ouk sarxau apothesias rupou alla suneidēsiau agathau eperōtēmem eis theon, dia anastasiau Iēsu Christou,And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also — not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God — through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,