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noun · masculine

rupos

Greekῥύπος (rupos)

Strong’sG4509

filth, dirt

stem rup-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

dirt

What it means

ῥύπος, -ου, ὁ

[in LXX: Is 4:4 (צֹאָה), Jb 14:4 (טָמֵא), etc.;]

dirt, filth: I Pe 3:21.†

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 caseone singularmore than one plural
subject nominativeruposrupois
object accusativeruponrupoin
direct address vocativeruporrupoir
of, belonging to genitiverupouῥύπουrupoiu
to, for dativeruporupoi

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
rupstem+ogender+snruits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

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 singular

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,