Lexical Summary gangraina: a gangrene, an eating sore Original Word: γάγγραιναTransliteration: gangraina Phonetic Spelling: (gang'-grahee-nah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a gangrene, an eating sore Meaning: a gangrene, an eating sore Strong's Concordance canker. From graino (to gnaw); an ulcer ("gangrene") -- canker. Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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.) |
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