noun · neuter

skubalem

Greekσκύβαλον (skubalon)

Strong’sG4657

refuse, dregs

stem skubal-once in the New Testament0 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

rubbish1×

What it means

**† σκύβαλον, -ου, τό

[in LXX: Si 27:4 *;]

refuse, esp. dung (v. MM, ii, iii, xxiii): Phl 3:8.†

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

Strong’s G4657 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidskoo'-bal-on

what is thrown to the dogs, i.e. refuse (ordure)

Fromneuter of a presumed derivative of G1519 and G2965 and G906;

King Jamesdung.

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	skubalem	skubaleim
of, belonging to genitive	skubaleu	skubaleiu
to, for dative	skubale	skubalei

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

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

skubale 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

skubaleim1×

Philippians 3:8“rubbish”alla menounge kai hēgemō panteim zēmian arō dia tem huperecharōtem tau gnōsiau Christou Iēsu tou kuriou mu dia hon teim panteim zēmiima, kai hēgemō skubaleim hina Christon kerdainameiaMore than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ