Lexical Summary sēpō: to make corrupt, pass. become corrupt Original Word: σήπωTransliteration: sēpō Phonetic Spelling: (say'-po) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to make corrupt, pass. become corrupt Meaning: to make corrupt, become corrupt Strong's Concordance be corrupted, perishApparently a primary verb; to putrefy, i.e. (figuratively) perish -- be corrupted. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4595: σήπωσήπω: 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. |