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Definition of Offscouring
1. n. That which is scoured off; hence, refuse; rejected matter; that which is vile or despised.
Definition of Offscouring
1. Noun. refuse removed from something by scouring ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Offscouring
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Offscouring
Literary usage of Offscouring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Creationby Charles Taze Russell by Charles Taze Russell (1998)
"made as the filth of the world, and the offscouring of all things." (1 Cor.
4:9-13) Not much like Lords in all this, were they? And in opposing the idea of ..."
2. Hebrews by James Barmby (1886)
"... except One who was crucified, the refuse and offscouring of the people, they
had nothing of which to boast but the glory which they hoped to receive. ..."
3. The First Epistle to the Corinthians, by John James Lias (1899)
"•3 we suffer if: being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world,
and are the offscouring of all things unto M this day. ..."
4. Word Studies in the New Testament by Marvin Richardson Vincent (1890)
"See on consolation, Luke vi. 24, and comfort, Acts ix. 31. The sense is, we strive
to appease by entreaty. Filth — offscouring ..."
5. The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia by James Orr (1915)
"The favored people, whose city lies in heaps and is patrolled by the heathen,
are hailed and held up as the scrapings, the offscouring, the offal of the ..."
6. New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud (1903)
"Shall we assume as the buyer does not accept the offscouring, ... As the depositor
must accept the offscouring, the same is the case with the buyer. ..."
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