Strong's Number G4027

περικάθαρμα

perikatharma · per-ee-kath'-ar-mah

Transliteration:

perikatharma{per-ee-kath'-ar-mah}

Word Origin:

from a compound of 4012 and 2508

TDNT:

3:430,381

Part of Speech:

noun neuter

Strong's Definition:

something cleaned off all around, i.e. refuse (figuratively)

Usage in the KJV:

filth 1

Total: 1
Occurs 1 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

off scouring, refuse
metaph.
1. the most abject and despicable men
2. the price of expiation or redemption, because the Greeks used to apply the term "katharmata" to victims sacrificed to make expiation for the people, and even to criminals who were maintained at the public expense, that on the outbreak of a pestilence or other calamity they might be offered as sacrifices to make expiation for the state