{"def":{"short":"something brushed all around, i.e., off-scrapings (figuratively, scum)","long":["what is wiped off","dirt rubbed off","off scouring, scrapings"]},"deriv":"from a comparative of G4012 and ψάω (to rub)","pronun":{"ipa":"pɛˈri.p͡so.mɑ","ipa_mod":"pe̞ˈri.p͡sow.mɑ","sbl":"peripsōma","dic":"peh-REE-psoh-ma","dic_mod":"pay-REE-psoh-ma"},"see":["G4012"],"comment":"The Athenians, in order to avert public calamities, yearly threw a criminal into the sea as an offering to Poseidon; hence the term became used for an expiatory offering, a ransom, for our child, i.e., in comparison with the saving of our son's life let it be to us a despicable and worthless thing. It is used of a man who in behalf of religion undergoes dire trials for the salvation of others."}