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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
12x 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 12 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:20 - But they did not listen to Moses. Some left part of it till the morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:24 - So they laid it aside till the morning, as Moses commanded them, and it did not stink, and there were no worms in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:39 - You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm shall eat them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 - Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:5 - My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt;
my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:6 - how much less man, who is a maggot,
and the son of man, who is a worm!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:6 - But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by mankind and despised by the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:4 - An excellent wife is the crown of her husband,
but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:20 - Whoever sings songs to a heavy heart
is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day,
and like vinegar on soda.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:11 - Your pomp is brought down to Sheol,
the sound of your harps;
maggots are laid as a bed beneath you,
and worms are your covers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:24 - “And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:7 - But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered.
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