Word Study · Strong's G1004 · Greek

βόρβορος

borboros

bor'-bor-os

Strong's 1890 spelling: bórboros

“mud”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

mud

Rendered in the KJV as

mire.

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occurrencein the New Testament
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New Testament bookswhere the word stands
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Inflected forms · 1

βορβόρου.¶1

How it is rendered · 1

in [the] mire.1

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How it parses · 1

noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1

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2 Peter1 occurrence

2 Peter 2:22βορβόρου.¶borborounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularOf them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”here: in [the] mire.

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