Filth

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Περικάθαρμα (Strong'S #4027 — Noun Neuter — perikatharma — per-ee-kath'-ar-mah )

denotes "offscouring, refuse" (lit., "cleanings," i.e., that which is thrown away in cleansing; from perikathairo, "to purify all around," i.e., completely, as in the Sept. of  Deuteronomy 18:10;  Joshua 5:4 .) It is once used in the Sept. ( Proverbs 21:18 ) as the price of expiation; among the Greeks the term was applied to victims sacrificed to make expiation; they also used it of criminals kept at the public expense, to be thrown into the sea, or otherwise killed, at the outbreak of a pestilence, etc. It is used in  1—Corinthians 4:13 much in this sense (not of sacrificial victims), "the filth of the world," representing "the most abject and despicable men" (Grimm-Thayer), the scum or rubbish of humanity.

2: Ῥύπος (Strong'S #4509 — Noun Masculine — rhupos — hroo'-pos )

denotes "dirt, filth,"  1—Peter 3:21 . Cp. rhuparia, "filthiness" (see A, No. 2, below); rhuparos, "vile,"  James 2:2;  Revelation 22:11 , in the best mss. (see B, No. 3, below); rhupoo, "to make filthy,"  Revelation 22:11; rhupaino (see D below).

King James Dictionary

Filth n. See Foul and Defile.

1. Dirt any foul matter any thing that soils or defiles waste matter nastiness. 2. Corruption pollution any thing that sullies or defiles the moral character.

To purify the soul from the dross and filth of sensual delights.

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.

(2): ( n.) Anything that sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.