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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: 4595. σήπω (sépó) -- To rot, to decay, to become corrupt</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/4595.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/1_thessalonians/4-6.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/4595.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> > 4595</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/4594.htm" title="4594">◄</a> 4595. sépó <a href="../greek/4596.htm" title="4596">►</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">sépó: To rot, to decay, to become corrupt</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">σήπω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>sépó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>SAY-po<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(say'-po)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To rot, to decay, to become corrupt<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I cause to rot, make corrupt.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From a primary root meaning "to putrefy" or "to decay."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of decay or corruption is שָׁחַת (shachath), Strong's Hebrew 7843, which means to destroy, corrupt, or ruin.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Greek verb σήπω (sépó) is used to describe the process of decay or corruption, often in a physical sense. It conveys the idea of something that is decomposing or deteriorating. In a broader metaphorical sense, it can also refer to moral or spiritual corruption.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient world, the concept of decay was well understood, especially in relation to food preservation and the natural process of decomposition. The imagery of rotting or decaying was often used in literature and rhetoric to describe moral corruption or the consequences of sin. In the Greco-Roman context, maintaining purity and avoiding corruption were important cultural values, both physically and morally.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. verb<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to make corrupt, pass. become corrupt<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>rotted (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 4595: σήπω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">σήπω</span></span>: from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down; <span class="accented">to make corrupt</span>; in the Bible also <span class="accented">to destroy,</span> <a href="/interlinear/job/40-7.htm">Job 40:7</a> (12); passive, <span class="accented">to become corrupt or rotten</span>; 2 perfect active <span class="greek2">σέσηπα</span>, <span class="accented">to (have become i. e. to) be corrupted</span> (cf. Alexander <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span> (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 82): <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> <span class="greek2">πλοῦτος</span> <span class="greek2">σέσηπεν</span>, has perished, <a href="/interlinear/james/5-2.htm">James 5:2</a>.<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>be corrupted, perish<p>Apparently a primary verb; to putrefy, i.e. (figuratively) perish -- be corrupted. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>εσάπησαν σαπήσεται σαπώσιν σέσηπε σεσηπεν σέσηπεν σεσηπότα σήψον sesepen sesēpen sésepen sésēpen<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/james/5-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">James 5:2</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular">V-RIA-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/james/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πλοῦτος ὑμῶν <b>σέσηπεν</b> καὶ τὰ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/james/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Your riches <span class="itali">have rotted</span> and your garments<br><a href="/kjvs/james/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Your riches <span class="itali">are corrupted,</span> and your<br><a href="/interlinear/james/5-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> riches of you <span class="itali">have rotted</span> and the<p><b><a href="/greek/4595.htm">Strong's Greek 4595</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4595.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/sese_pen_4595.htm">σέσηπεν — 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/4594.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4594"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4594" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/4596.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="4596"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="4596" /></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>