To defile
ῥυπόωStrong’s G4510rhupoō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Rhupoō is the Greek word usually translated “should be defiled”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.”
Meaning
Usually translated “should be defiled”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- he should be defiled 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ῥυπόω rhupoō · to defile
ῥυπόω, -ῶ (ῥύπος), to make filthy: Rev.22:11 Rec. (AV, tr. as = ῥυπάω, to be filthy).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “defile” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEFILE, verb transitive
- To make unclean; to render foul or dirty; in a general sense.
- To make impure; to render turbid; as, the water or liquor is defiled.
- To soil or sully; to tarnish; as reputation, etc.“They shall defile thy brightness” Ezekiel 28:7
- To pollute; to make ceremonially unclean.“That which dieth of itself, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith” Leviticus 22:8
All definitions and other forms of “defile”
- To corrupt chastity; to debauch; to violate; to tarnish the purity of character by lewdness.
- To taint, in a moral sense; to corrupt; to vitiate; to render impure with sin.“DEFILE not yourselves with the idols of Egypt” Ezekiel 20:7“He hath defiled the sanctuary of the Lord” Numbers 19:20
DEFILE, verb intransitive
[Latin A thread.]
To march off in a line, or file by file; to file off.
DEFILE, noun
A narrow passage or way, in which troops may march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long narrow pass, as between hills, etc.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.