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G2447 — ἰός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
ios (ee-os') n.
1. rust (as if emitted by metals)
2. venom (as emitted by serpents)
[perhaps from eimi "to go" or hiemi "to send"]
KJV: poison, rust
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
poison, rust
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἰός, ἰοῦ, ὁ (on its very uncertain derivation see Kreussler in Passow, under the word; Curtius, § 591; (Vanicek, p. 969));
1. poison (of animals): ἰός ἀσπίδων ὑπό τά χείλη αὐτῶν, the poison of asps is under their lips, spoken of men given to reviling and calumniating and thereby injuring others, Rom 3:13 (from Psa 139:3 ()); by the same figure, (γλῶσσα) μεστή ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου, Jas 3:8; (in Greek writings from Pindar down).
2. rust: Jas 5:3; (Eze 24:6; Eze 24:11 f; Bar 6:11; Bar 6:23 (Epistle Jer 12:1-17; Jer 24:1-10); Theognis, Theocritus, Plato, Theophrastus, Polybius, Lucian, others).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἰός (poison)
Romans 3:13
- KJV: Their throat an open sepulchre with their tongues they have used deceit the poison of asps under their lips
- GK: τάφος ανεωγμένος ο λάρυγξ αυτών ταις γλώσσαις αυτών εδολιούσαν ιός ασπίδων υπό τα χείλη αυτών
James 3:8
- KJV: But the tongue can no man tame an unruly evil full of deadly poison
- GK: την δε γλώσσαν ουδείς δύναται ανθρώπων δαμάσαι ακατάσχετον κακόν μεστή ιού θανατήφορου
James 5:3
- KJV: Your gold and silver is cankered and the rust of them shall be a witness against you and shall eat your flesh as it were fire Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days
- GK: ο χρυσός υμών και ο άργυρος κατίωται και ο ιός αυτών εις μαρτύριον υμίν έσται και φάγεται τας σάρκας υμών ως πυρ εθησαυρίσατε εν εσχάταις ημέραις