1) off scouring, refuse
2) metaphorically
2a) the most abject and despicable men
2b) the price of expiation or redemption, because the Greeks used to apply the term "katharmata" to victims sacrificed to make expiation for the people, and even to criminals who were maintained at the public expense, that on the outbreak of a pestilence or other calamity they might be offered as sacrifices to make expiation for the state
Part of Speech: noun neuter
Citing in TDNT: 3:430, 381
G4027
From a compound of G4012 and G2508; something cleaned off all around, that is, refuse (figuratively): - filth.
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University of Chicago's Logion lexicon
Thayer's dictionary plus other information.
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