Original Word: κυλισμός
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: kulismos
Pronunciation: koo-lis-MOS
Phonetic Spelling: (koo'-lis-mah)
Definition: Rolling, wallowing
Meaning: a place of wallowing.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb κυλίω (kuliō), meaning "to roll" or "to wallow."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "kulismos," the concept of returning to sin can be related to Hebrew terms such as שׁוּב (shuv, Strong's H7725), meaning "to turn back" or "to return," often used in the context of repentance or apostasy.

Usage: The term "kulismos" refers to the act of rolling or wallowing, often used metaphorically to describe a state of moral or spiritual degradation. In the New Testament, it is used to depict a return to sinful behaviors after having known the way of righteousness.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Greek culture, the concept of "wallowing" was often associated with animals, particularly pigs, which were seen as unclean in Jewish tradition. This imagery would have resonated with early Christian audiences familiar with Jewish purity laws and the moral teachings of Jesus. The metaphor of wallowing in filth was a powerful illustration of returning to a sinful lifestyle after experiencing spiritual cleansing.

Word Origin
from kulió
Definition
a rolling
NASB Translation
wallowing (1).

STRONGS NT 2946: κύλισμα

κύλισμα, κυλισματος, τό (κυλίω, which see), thing rolled: with epexegetical genitive βορβόρου, rolled (wallowed) mud or mire, 2 Peter 2:22 (R G L Tr marginal reading). The great majority take the word to mean 'wallowing-place', as if it were the same as κυλίστρα (Vulg.in volutabro luti). But just as τό ἐξέραμα signifies the vomit, thing vomited, and not the place of vomiting; so τό κύλισμα denotes nothing else than the thing rolled or wallowed. But see (the following word, and) βόρβορος.

STRONGS NT 2946: κυλισμόςκυλισμός, κυλισμου, ὁ, equivalent to κυλισις, a rolling, wallowing (Hippiatr., p. 204, 4; (cf. Proverbs 2:18 Theod.)): εἰς κυλισμμον βορβόρου, to a rolling of itself in mud (to wallowing in the mire), 2 Peter 2:22 T Tr text WH. See the preceding word.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

wallowing, rolling

From kulioo; a wallow (the effect of rolling), i.e. Filth -- wallowing.

see GREEK kulioo

Forms and Transliterations

κύλισμα κυλισμον κυλισμὸν kulismon kylismon kylismòn

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