Gloss
bad, rotten, decayed; unwholesome
Forms of the word
Dictionary
σαπρός, ά, όν
Greek transliteration
sapros
Simplified transliteration
sapros
Numbers
Strong's number
4550
GK Number
4911
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
8
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-1a(1)
Definition
pr. rotten, putrid; hence, bad, of a bad quality, Mt. 7:17, 18; 12:33; Lk. 6:43; refuse, Mt. 13:48; met. corrupt, depraved, vicious, foul, impure, Eph. 4:29*
Greek-English Concordance for σαπρός
| Matthew 7:17 | So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the unhealthy (sapron | σαπρόν | nom sg neut) tree bears bad fruit. |
| Matthew 7:18 | A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can an unhealthy (sapron | σαπρόν | nom sg neut) tree bear good fruit. |
| Matthew 12:33 | “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree rotten (sapron | σαπρόν | acc sg neut) and its fruit rotten (sapron | σαπρόν | acc sg masc); for the tree is known by its fruit. |
| Matthew 13:48 | and when it was full, they pulled it up onto the shore; and they sat down and put the good fish into baskets, but the bad (sapra | σαπρά | acc pl neut) they threw away. |
| Luke 6:43 | “For it is not a good tree that bears bad (sapron | σαπρόν | acc sg masc) fruit, nor again, a bad (sapron | σαπρόν | nom sg neut) tree that bears good fruit, |
| Ephesians 4:29 | Let no evil (sapros | σαπρός | nom sg masc) talk come out of your mouth, but only what is useful for building up, as the need arises, that it may benefit those who hear. |
