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Strong's #4595 - σήπω
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- to make corrupt, to destroy
- to become corrupt, corrupted, rotten
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σήπω, A. Ch. 995, Pl. Ti. 84d, etc.: fut. σήψω A. Fr. 275: aor. ἔσηψα ( δι- ) Ael. NA 9.62: — make rotten or putrid, A. Fr. l.c.; of a serpent's poison, A. Ch. l.c.; of the sting of the σήψ, Ael. NA 16.40 . soak hides, δέρματα ς . Supp.Epigr. 3.18 (Athens, v B.C. ).
2. metaph., corrupt, waste, αἱ ἡσυχίαι σήπουσι καὶ ἀπολλύασι Pl. Tht. 153c; ς. τὰ τῆς πόλεως πράγματα D.H. 11.37 .
II mostly in Pass. ( pf. σέσηπα being used in pass. sense, Il. 2.135, E. El. 319, ( κατα- ) Ar. Pl. 1035, ( ἀπο- ) X. An. 4.5.12 ), fut. σᾰπήσομαι Gal. 7.397, ( κατα- ) Pl. Phd. 86b, ( ἀπο- ) Hp. Prorrh. 2.1: aor. ἐσάπην [ᾰ ] Hes. Sc. 152, Hdt. 2.41, 3.66, Pl. Phd. 80d; σαπήῃ ( κατα- ), Ep. subj. for σαπῇ, Il. 19.27: pf. σέσημμαι prob. in POxy. 1449.51 (iii A.D.): — rot, moulder, of dead bodies, χρὼς σήπεται Il. 24.414, cf. 19.27, Hdt. 2.41; περὶ ῥινοῖο σαπείσης Hes. Sc. 152; of wood, δοῦρα σέσηπε Il. 2.135; τριήρης ὑπὸ τερηδόνων σαπεῖσα Ar. Eq. 1308 .
2. of live flesh, mortify, ὁ μηρὸς ἐσάπη Hdt. 3.66; σφακελίσαντος τοῦ μηροῦ καὶ σαπέντος Id. 6.136, cf. Pl. Phd. 80d; αἷμα σέσηπεν E. El. 319; promote coction or formation of 'laudable' pus, in Act., Hp. Morb. 1.6, 28 .
3. of water, Id. Aër. 8; οἶνος . . σαπὲν ἐν ξύλῳ ὕδωρ Emp. 81 .
4. of the food rejected after digestion, Arist. Mete. 381b12, al.; cf. σηπτός, σῆψις 11 .
5. metaph., ς. ὑπὸ τῆς ἡδονῆς Men. 23; ὁ πλοῦτος ὑμῶν σέσηπε Ep.Jac. 5.2 .
σήπω: from Homer down; to make corrupt; in the Bible also to destroy, Job 40:7 (12); passive, to become corrupt or rotten; 2 perfect active σέσηπα, to (have become i. e. to) be corrupted (cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 82): ὁ πλοῦτος σέσηπεν, has perished, James 5:2.
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σήπω ,
[in LXX; Psalms 38:5 (H4743 ni.), Job 33:21 (H3615) Job 40:7, Sirach 14:19, al.;]
to make corrupt: 2 pf. act, with mid, sense (v. M, Pr., 154), σέσηπεν , has perished, become corrupted, James 5:2.†
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";stain,"; is confined in the NT to James 3:6, Judges 1:23 : cf. Sap 15:4 and Test. xii. patr. Aser ii. 7 ὁ πλεονεκτῶν. . . τὴν ψυχὴν σπιλοῖ, καὶ τὸ σῶμα λαμπρύνει.
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