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Strong's #1044 - γάγγραινα

Transliteration
gángraina
Phonetics
gang'-grahee-nah
Root Word (Etymology)
from graino (to gnaw)
Parts of Speech
Noun Feminine
TDNT
None
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. 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
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (1)
2 Timothy 1
NAS (1)
2 Timothy 1
HCS (1)
2 Timothy 1
BSB (1)
2 Timothy 1
ESV (1)
2 Timothy 1
WEB (1)
2 Timothy 1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

γάγγραιν-α, ἡ, (γράω ?)

gangrene, Hp. Mochl. 33, 2 Timothy 2:17, Dsc. 1.61, Plu. 2.65d, Gal. 18(1).687.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

γάγγραινα, γαγγραινης, (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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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

*† γάγγραινα , -ης , ,

a gangrene, an eating sore, which leads to mortification: 2 Timothy 2:17.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
γαγγραινα γάγγραινα gangraina gángraina
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