σαπρός

sapros · rotten, bad

Greek word · Strong’s number G4550 · appears 8 times in the Bible

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What it means

sapros (σαπρός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “rotten, bad”.

Worthless, no good for anything.

How to say it

sa·pros

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Spoiled, worthless; harmful words.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • rotten ×6
  • bad ones ×1
  • corrupt ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Matthew 7:17

    So every good tree produces good fruit, but the rotten tree produces bad fruit.

  • Matthew 7:18

    A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree produce good fruit.

  • Matthew 12:33

    Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for by its fruit the tree is known.

  • Matthew 13:48

    when it was full, they hauled it up onto the shore and sat down and gathered the good ones into containers, but threw the bad ones away.

  • Luke 6:43

    For there is no good tree that produces rotten fruit, nor again a rotten tree that produces good fruit.

  • Ephesians 4:29

    Let no corrupt word come out of your mouth, but only whatever is good for building up according to the need, so that it may give grace to those who hear.

And 2 more times.