To rot
σήπωStrong’s G4595sēpō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Sēpō is the Greek word usually translated “have rotted”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.”
Meaning
Usually translated “have rotted”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- have rotted 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- James 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
σήπω sēpō · to rot
σήπω [in LXX; Psa.38:5 (מָקַק ni.), Job.33:21 (כָּלָה) Job.40:7, Sir.14:19, al. ;] to make corrupt: 2 pf. act, with mid, sense (see M, Pr., 154), σέσηπεν, has perished, become corrupted, Jas.5:2.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rot” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ROT, verb intransitive
All definitions and other forms of “rot”
ROT, verb transitive
To make putrid; to cause to be decomposed by the natural operation of air and heat; to bring to corruption.
ROT, noun
- A fatal distemper incident to sheep, usually supposed to be owing to wet seasons and moist pastures.
- Putrefaction; putrid decay.
- Dry rot in timber, the decay of the wood without the access of water.
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.