Lexicon gaggraina: a gangrene, an eating sore Original Word: γάγγραινα, ης, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: gaggraina Phonetic Spelling: (gang'-grahee-nah) Short Definition: gangrene, mortification Definition: gangrene, mortification. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originperhaps from graó (to gnaw) Definitiona gangrene, an eating sore NASB Translationgangrene (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1044: γάγγραιναγάγγραινα, γαγγραινης, ἡ ( γράω or γραίνω to gnaw, eat), a gangrene, a disease by which any part of the body suffering from inflammation becomes so corrupted that, unless a remedy be seasonably applied, the evil continually spreads, attacks other parts, and at last eats away the bones: 2 Timothy 2:17 (where cf. Ellicott). (Medical writings (cf. Wetstein (1752) at the passage cited); Plutarch, diser. am. et adulat. c. 36.)
Strong's canker. From graino (to gnaw); an ulcer ("gangrene") -- canker. |
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