Strong’s G2447 · Greek
ἰός
iós · ee-os'
Origin perhaps from εἶμι (to go) or ἵημι (to send);
Meaning rust (as if emitted by metals); also venom (as emitted by serpents)
In the King James Version poison, rust.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Romans 3:13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
- James 3:8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
- James 5:3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.