perikatharma <4027>

perikayarma perikatharma

Pronunciation	:	per-ee-kath'-ar-mah
Origin	:	from a compound of 4012 and 2508
Reference	:	TDNT - 3:430,381
PrtSpch	:	n n (noun neuter)
In Greek	:	perikayarmata 1
In NET	:	dirt 1
In AV	:	filth 1
Count	:	1
Definition	:	1) off scouring, refuse 2) metaph. 2a) the most abject and despicable men 2b) 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 from a compound of 4012 and 2508; something cleaned off all around, i.e. refuse (figuratively): KJV -- filth. see GREEK for 4012 see GREEK for 2508
Related Hebrew	:	rpk <03724>

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