Lexical Summary skōlēx: a worm Original Word: σκώληξTransliteration: skōlēx Phonetic Spelling: (sko'-lakes) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a worm Meaning: a worm Strong's Concordance worm. Of uncertain derivation; a grub, maggot or earth-worm -- worm. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4663: σκώληξσκώληξ, σκωληκος, ὁ (perhaps akin to σκολιός), a worm (Homer, Iliad 13, 654); specifically, that kind which preys upon dead bodies (Sir. 10:11 Sir. 19:3; 2 Macc. 9:9; Anthol. 7, 480, 3; 10, 78, 3): ὁ σκώληξ αὐτῶν οὐ τελευτᾷ, by a figure borrowed from Isaiah 66:24 (cf. Sir. 7:17; Judith 16:17), 'their punishment after death will never cease' (σκώληξ symbolizing perhaps the loathsomeness of the penalty), Mark 9:44, 46,(T WH omit; Tr brackets these two verses),48. |
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