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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)
Dictionary Aids

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, and some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:24 - So they [fn]put it aside until morning, as Moses had commanded, and it did not become foul nor was there any worm in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:39 - “You shall plant and cultivate vineyards, but you will neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm will devour 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 a crust of dirt;

My skin scabs over and flows out again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:6 -

How much less mortal man, that maggot,

And the son of man, that 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,

A reproach of men and despised by the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:4 -

[fn]An excellent wife is the crown of her husband,

But she who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:20 -

Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar on [fn]soda,

Is he who sings songs to [fn]an aching heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:11 -

‘Your pride and the music of your harps

Have been brought down to Sheol;

Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you

And worms are your covering.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:24 -

“Then they will go forth and look

On the corpses of the men

Who have [fn]transgressed against Me.

For their worm will not die

And their fire will not be quenched;

And they will be an object of contempt to all [fn]mankind.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:7 - But God appointed a worm at the [fn]breaking of dawn the next day, and it struck the plant, and [fn]it dried up.
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