KJV dictionary & concordance
That which is rejected or despised as refuse.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Lamentations 3:45
Complete exact-word concordance
Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
Thou hast made vs as the offscouring and refuse in the middest of the people.
1611 marginal note1.Cor.4.13.
Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
Being defamed, we intreate: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the off-scouring of all things vnto this day.
1611 marginal noteMat. 5.44.
Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
Lamentations 3:45, 1 Corinthians 4:13 were read in full for all 2 exact claim(s). Both occurrences apply the term figuratively to persons treated as contemptible refuse. The 1 Corinthians 4:13 parallel with “the filth of the world” is a scoped Scripture-direct intrinsic description of this sense.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
That which is scoured off; hence, refuse; rejected matter; that which is vile or despised.
