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κύλισμα

kýlisma

G2946 noun

SILEX Entry

Definition

The state or condition of being rolled around (often in a circular or repetitive motion), especially with reference to the aftermath or result of rolling, such as places left dirty or muddy by such movement. In usage, particularly denotes a place or condition characterized by filth resulting from animals or people rolling or wallowing there.

Semantic Range

place made filthy by wallowing, filth resulting from rolling or wallowing, state or location of defilement caused by movement, by extension a figurative state of moral corruption

Root / Etymology

From the verb κυλιόω (kyliō), meaning 'to roll, roll around, wallow'. Formed by adding the resultative nominal suffix -μα, indicating the result of the action ('thing done' or 'result of action').

Historical & Contextual Notes

κύλισμα appears rarely in surviving Greek literature; its main attestation is in later Koine, including the Septuagint (2 Peter 2:22 as a quotation of Proverbs 26:11 LXX). In biblical usage, especially in 2 Peter 2:22, it refers to the mire or filthy place to which a sow returns after washing, emphasizing the filthiness resulting from wallowing. The term carries a connotation of animalistic impurity and moral degradation in metaphorical applications. English renditions such as 'wallow' or 'wallowing' do not always capture the specificity of the Greek, which focuses on the location or effect (the resulting mire or filth) rather than the action itself. In Greek literature outside the biblical tradition, the root κυλιόω is more often associated with the act of rolling, not its result.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from κυλιόω; a wallow (the effect of rolling), i.e. filth:--wallowing.

Root Family

κύλισμα (kýlisma) — rolling, wallowing, result of rolling, wallow-filth

Root κυλ- to roll, to revolve, to wallow

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
G2946-01 κυλισμὸν kulismon N ACC M SG wallowing wallow-filth wallowing 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
G2946-01 2 Peter 2:22 κυλισμὸν kulismon N ACC M SG wallowing wallow-filth wallowing
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