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Lexicon :: Strong's G4663 - skōlēx

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σκώληξ
Transliteration
skōlēx (Key)
Pronunciation
sko'-lakes
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
3x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
11x in 4 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:452,1054

Strong’s Definitions

σκώληξ skṓlēx, sko'-lakes; of uncertain derivation; a grub, maggot or earth-worm:—worm.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G4663 in the following manner: worm (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G4663 in the following manner: worm (3x).

  1. a worm, spec. that kind which preys upon dead bodies

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σκώληξ skṓlēx, sko'-lakes; of uncertain derivation; a grub, maggot or earth-worm:—worm.
STRONGS G4663:
σκώληξ, 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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
66:24
Mark
9:44; 9:46

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4663 matches the Greek σκώληξ (skōlēx),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:20 - But they did not hearken to Moses, but some left of it till the morning; and it bred worms and stank: and Moses was irritated with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:24 - And they left of it till the morning, as Moses commanded them; and it stank not, neither was there a worm in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:39 - Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and dress it, and shalt not drink the wine, neither shalt thou delight thyself with it, because the worm shall devour [fn]it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 - And when much time had passed, his wife said to him, How long wilt thou hold out, saying, (LXX 2:9a) Behold, I wait yet a little while, expecting the hope of my deliverance? (2:9b) for, behold, thy memorial is abolished from the earth, even thy sons and daughters, the pangs and pains of my womb which I bore in vain with sorrows; (2:9c) and thou thyself sittest down to spend the nights in the open air among the corruption of worms, (2:9d) and I am a wanderer and a servant from place to place and house to house, waiting for the setting of the sun, that I may rest from my labours and my pangs which now beset me: (2:9e) but say some word against the Lord, and die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:5 - And my body is covered with loathsome worms; and I waste away, scraping off clods of dust from my eruption.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:6 - But alas! man is corruption, and the son of man a worm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:6 - (LXX 21:7) But I am a worm, and not a man; a reproach of men, and scorn of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:4 - A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband; but as a worm in wood, so a bad woman destroys her husband.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:11 - Thy glory has come down to Hades, and thy great mirth: under thee they shall spread corruption, and the worm shall be thy covering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:24 - And they shall go forth, and see the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched; and they shall be a spectacle to all flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:7 - And God commanded a worm the next morning, and it smote the gourd, and it withered away.
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