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σαπρός

MainId: 004453000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: σ

StrongCodes: G4550

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 004453001000000
PartsOfSpeech: adjc.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: σαπρός
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ά, -όν
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'σήπω', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 004453001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 65.28
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Value
  LEXSubDomains: Good, Bad
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-02-09 12:27:29
    DefinitionShort: pertaining to being of poor or bad quality and hence of little or no value (particularly in reference to plants, either in the sense of seriously diseased or of seedling stock, that is, not budded or grafted)
    Glosses: ['bad', 'diseased and possibly seedling']
    Comments: Some scholars have suggested that σαπρός in {S:04000701800020} really refers to a seedling, that is to say, a tree which has grown up completely from seed rather than being budded or grafted. Seedling trees often produce tasteless or even bitter fruit. By its very nature, such a tree cannot produce good fruit and is, therefore, considered to be of no value.
  LEXReferences: MAT 7:17, MAT 7:18, MAT 12:33, MAT 12:33, MAT 13:48, LUKE 6:43, LUKE 6:43
2. LEXID: 004453001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 20.14
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill
  LEXSubDomains: Harm, Wound
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-02-09 12:27:29
    DefinitionShort: pertaining to that which is harmful in view of its being unwholesome and corrupting
    Glosses: ['harmful', 'unwholesome']
    Comments: In {S:04900402900006} σαπρός is in contrast with that which is ἀγαθός ‘good’ for building up what is necessary. In such a context ἀγαθός may be interpreted as that which is helpful, and by contrast σαπρός may be understood to mean ‘harmful.’
  LEXReferences: EPH 4:29