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περίψημα

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Gloss: scum

Transliteration: peripsēma

Strong’s: G4067

περί-ψημα, -τος, τό
(περιψράω, to wipe off all round), [in LXX: Tob.5:18 * ;]
that which is wiped off, offscouring: metaphorically (assoc. with περικάθαρμα, which see), 1Co.4:13 (and so prob., To, l.with, as EV; but see Thayer, see word, for the meaning expiation, ransom, in To; and cf. LS, see word κάθαρμα; Lft., Notes, 200 f., and on Ign., Eph., 8).†
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