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Gangrene

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: γάγγραινα

(Strong's #1044 — Noun Feminine — gangraina — gang'-grahee-nah )

"an eating sore," spreading corruption and producing mortification, is used, in 2 Timothy 2:17 , of errorists in the church, who, pretending to give true spiritual food, produce spiritual gangrene (AV, "canker," RV, "gangrene").

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Gangrene'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​g/gangrene.html. 1940.
 
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