Definition
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), 1 Corinthians 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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- 1 Corinthians 4:13περίψημα · [the] refuse…when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.