περικάθαρμαperikátharma
something cleaned off all around, i.e. refuse (figuratively)
Greek (New Testament) · G4027
Meanings
1. a victim, expiation (Proverbs 21:18).
2. refuse, rubbish: plural, 1 Corinthians 4:13 (see ICC, in l.).
Same root
- περίperí · G4012properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)
- καθαίρωkathaírō · G2508to cleanse, i.e. (specially) to prune; figuratively, to expiate
Where it appears
Appears 1 times in the Bible.
- 1 Corinthians 4:13 We appeal gently when evil things are said about us. Yet we are treated like the world’s garbage, like everybody’s trash—right up to the present moment.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.