peripsema <4067>
periqhma peripsema
| Pronunciation: | per-ip'-say-mah |
| Origin: | from a comparative of 4012 and psao (to rub) |
| Reference: | TDNT - 6:84,* |
| PrtSpch: | n n |
| In Greek: | periqhma 1 |
| In NET: | scum 1 |
| In AV: | offscouring 1 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Definition: | 1) what is wiped off 2) dirt rubbed off 3) off scouring, scrapings The Athenians, in order to avert public calamities, yearly threw a criminal into the sea as an offering to Poseidon; hence the term became used for an expiatory offering, a ransom, for our child, i.e. in comparison with the saving of our son's life let it be to us a despicable and worthless thing. It is used of a man who in behalf of religion undergoes dire trials for the salvation of others. from a comparative of 4012 and psao (to rub); something brushed all around, i.e. off-scrapings (figuratively, scum):-offscouring. see GREEK for 4012 |
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