[B-Greek] Was SKUBALON a swear/vulgar word?

Doug Hoxworth doughoxworth at yahoo.com
Fri May 20 18:09:09 EDT 2005


Someone posted the following back in 1999 on B-Greek:

"Does anyone know the vulgarity level of SKUBALON as
used by Paul in Philippians 3:8? I have heard various
things, anything from rubbish, as the NASB and NIV
translate or that is was somewhat equivalent to our s*
word. Was this a swear word or was it something that
could be said in polite conversation?"

http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek/test-archives/html4/1999-07/32177.html

I don't feel that the question was actually ever
answered. What I'm wondering is whether the word was
actually used as a swear/cuss/vulgar term in Koine
Greek. Do we have any evidence that this was how it
was actually used? Or does Paul in Phil 3.8 just mean
that his former life was
garbage/useless/worthless/refuse? Please advise.

Thank you.

Doug Hoxworth
Luther Rice Seminary

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