Perikatharma

per-ee-kath'-ar-mah
Parts of Speech Noun Neuter

Perikatharma Definition

NAS Word Usage - Total: 1
  1. off scouring, refuse
  2. 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
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
perikaqarma
Origin
from a compound of (4012) and (2508)
Strong's Number
4027
TDNT Entry
3:430,381

NAS Word Usage

scum
1
Total
1

NAS Verse Count

Total
1

Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Perikatharma". "The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon". . 1999. . 1999.