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Lexicon :: Strong's G4657 - skybalon

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σκύβαλον
Transliteration
skybalon (Key)
Pronunciation
skoo'-bal-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Neuter of a presumed derivative of εἰς (G1519) and κύων (G2965) and βάλλω (G906)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:445,1052

Strong’s Definitions

σκύβαλον skýbalon, skoo'-bal-on; neuter of a presumed derivative of G1519 and G2965 and G906; what is thrown to the dogs, i.e. refuse (ordure):—dung.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4657 in the following manner: dung (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4657 in the following manner: dung (1x).

  1. any refuse, as the excrement of animals, offscourings, rubbish, dregs

    1. of things worthless and detestable

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σκύβαλον skýbalon, skoo'-bal-on; neuter of a presumed derivative of G1519 and G2965 and G906; what is thrown to the dogs, i.e. refuse (ordure):—dung.
STRONGS G4657:
σκύβαλον, σκυβαλου, τό (κυσιβαλον τί ὄν, τό τοῖς κυσί βαλλόμενον, Suidas (p. 3347 c.; to the same effect Etym. Magn., p. 719, 53 cf. 125, 44; others connect it with σκῶρ (cf. scoria, Latinstercus), others with a root meaning 'to shiver', 'shred'; Fick, Part i., p. 244)), any refuse, as the excrement of animals, offscouring, rubbish, dregs, etc.: (A. V. dung) i. e. worthless and detestable, Philippians 3:8. (Sir. 27:4; Philo; Josephus, b. j. 5, 13, 7; Plutarch; Strabo; often in the Anthol.) (See on the word, Lightfoot on Philippians, the passage cited; Gataker, Advers. Miscell. Posth., c. xliii, p. 868ff.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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Philippians
3:8

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Strong's Number G4657 matches the Greek σκύβαλον (skybalon),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:8 - More than that, I count all things to be loss [fn]in view of the surpassing value of [fn]knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, [fn]for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish G4657 so that I may gain Christ,
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