Garbage
σκύβαλονStrong’s G4657skubalon
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Skubalon is the Greek word usually translated “rubbish”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,”
Meaning
Usually translated “rubbish”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- rubbish 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Philippians 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
σκύβαλον skubalon · garbage
σκύβαλον, -ου, τό [in LXX: Sir.27:4 * ;] refuse, esp. dung (see MM, ii, iii, xxiii): Php.3:8.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “garbage” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
G'ARBAGE, noun
[I know not the component parts of this word.]
The bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal.
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.