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Lexicon :: Strong's G2447 - ios

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ἰός
Transliteration
ios (Key)
Pronunciation
ee-os'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from eimi (to go) or hiemi (to send)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
3x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
70x in 4 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:334,368

Strong’s Definitions

ἰός iós, ee-os'; perhaps from εἶμι eîmi (to go) or ἵημι híēmi (to send); rust (as if emitted by metals); also venom (as emitted by serpents):—poison, rust.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G2447 in the following manner: poison (2x), rust (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G2447 in the following manner: poison (2x), rust (1x).

  1. poison (of animals)

    1. poison of asps is under their lips,

    2. spoken of men given to reviling and calumniating and thereby injuring others

  2. rust

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἰός iós, ee-os'; perhaps from εἶμι eîmi (to go) or ἵημι híēmi (to send); rust (as if emitted by metals); also venom (as emitted by serpents):—poison, rust.
STRONGS G2447:
ἰός, οῦ, ὁ, (on its very uncertain derivation see Kreussler in Passow, under the word; Curtius § 591; [Vanicek, p. 969]);
1. poison (of animals): ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν, the poison of asps is under their lips, spoken of men given to reviling and calumniating and thereby injuring others, Romans 3:13 (from Psalm 139:3 (Ps. 140:4)); by the same figure, (γλῶσσα) μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου, James 3:8; (in Greek writings from Pindar down).
2. rust: James 5:3; (Ezekiel 24:6, 11f; Baruch 6:11, 23 [Epistle Jeremiah 1:12, 24]; Theognis, Theocritus, Plato, Theophrastus, Polybius, Lucian, others).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
139:3; 140:4
Jeremiah
12
Ezekiel
24:6; 24:11
Romans
3:13
James
3:8; 5:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2447 matches the Greek ἰός (ios),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:13 - A sepulchre opened is their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps is under their lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:8 - and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:3 - your gold and silver have rotted, and the rust of them for a testimony shall be to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye made treasure in the last days!
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