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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 4657. σκύβαλον (skubalon) -- Refuse, rubbish, dung, garbage</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/4657.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/mark/6-53.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/4657.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 4657</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/4656.htm" title="4656">◄</a> 4657. skubalon <a href="../greek/4658.htm" title="4658">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">skubalon: Refuse, rubbish, dung, garbage</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">σκύβαλον</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Neuter<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>skubalon<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>SKOO-bah-lon<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(skoo'-bal-on)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Refuse, rubbish, dung, garbage<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>refuse, dregs, dung.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from a presumed derivative of the Greek verb "skuballo," meaning "to throw away" or "to discard."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "skubalon," similar concepts can be found in Hebrew words like "גָּלָל" (galal) meaning dung or refuse, and "פֶּסֶל" (pesel) meaning idol or something detestable.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "skubalon" is used to describe something that is worthless or detestable, often referring to waste or refuse. In the context of the New Testament, it conveys the idea of something that is to be discarded or considered as of no value compared to something of far greater worth.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, "skubalon" would have been understood as refuse or excrement, something to be thrown away or avoided. The term was used in various contexts to describe literal waste or metaphorically to denote things considered worthless or contemptible. This understanding would have been familiar to the original audience of the New Testament.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>4657</b> <i>skýbalon</i> (from <a href="/greek/2965.htm">2965</a> <i>/kýōn</i>, "dog" and <a href="/greek/906.htm">906</a> <i>/bállō</i>, "throw") – properly, <i>waste</i> thrown to dogs, like filthy scraps of garbage (table-scraps, dung, muck, sweepings); (figuratively)<i> refuse</i>, what is good-for-nothing except to be discarded (used only in Phil 3:8).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of uncertain origin<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>refuse<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>rubbish (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4657: σκύβαλον</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">σκύβαλον</span></span>, <span class="greek2">σκυβαλου</span>, <span class="greek2">τό</span> (<span class="greek2">κυσιβαλον</span> <span class="greek2">τί</span> <span class="greek2">ὄν</span>, <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">τοῖς</span> <span class="greek2">κυσί</span> <span class="greek2">βαλλόμενον</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Suidas</span> (p. 3347 c.; to the same effect <span class="abbreviation">Etym. Magn.</span>, p. 719, 53 cf. 125, 44; others connect it with <span class="greek2">σκῶρ</span> (cf. scoria, Latin<span class="latin">stercus</span>), others with a root meaning 'to shiver', 'shred'; <span class="abbreviation">Fick</span>, Part i., p. 244)), any <span class="accented">refuse,</span> as the excrement of animals, offscouring, rubbish, dregs, etc.: (<span class="abbreviation">A. V.</span> <span class="accented">dung</span>) i. e. worthless and detestable, <a href="/interlinear/philippians/3-8.htm">Philippians 3:8</a>. (Sir. 27:4; <span class="abbreviation">Philo</span>; <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">b. j.</span> 5, 13, 7; <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>; <span class="abbreviation">Strabo</span>; often in the <span class="abbreviation">Anthol.</span>) (See on the word, <span class="abbreviation">Lightfoot</span> on Philippians, the passage cited; Gataker, Advers. Miscell. Posth., c. xliii, p. 868ff.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>garbage, dung. <p>Neuter of a presumed derivative of <a href="/greek/1519.htm">eis</a> and <a href="/greek/2965.htm">kuon</a> and <a href="/greek/906.htm">ballo</a>; what is thrown to the dogs, i.e. Refuse (ordure) -- dung. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1519.htm">eis</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2965.htm">kuon</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/906.htm">ballo</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>σκυβαλα σκύβαλα skubala skybala skýbala<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/philippians/3-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Philippians 3:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural">N-ANP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/philippians/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ ἡγοῦμαι <b>σκύβαλα</b> ἵνα Χριστὸν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/philippians/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and count <span class="itali">them but rubbish</span> so<br><a href="/kjvs/philippians/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> them <span class="itali">[but] dung,</span> that<br><a href="/interlinear/philippians/3-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and esteem [them] <span class="itali">rubbish</span> that Christ<p><b><a href="/greek/4657.htm">Strong's Greek 4657</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4657.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/skubala_4657.htm">σκύβαλα — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/4656.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4656"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4656" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/4658.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="4658"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="4658" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>