2447. ios
Strong's Concordance
ios: rust, poison
Original Word: ἰός, οῦ, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: ios
Phonetic Spelling: (ee-os')
Short Definition: poison, rust
Definition: poison, rust; an arrow.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2447: ἰός

ἰός, ἰοῦ, (on its very uncertain derivation see Kreussler in Passow, under the word; Curtius, § 591; (Vanicek, p. 969));

1. poison (of animals): ἰός ἀσπίδων ὑπό τά χείλη αὐτῶν, the poison of asps is under their lips, spoken of men given to reviling and calumniating and thereby injuring others, Romans 3:13 (from Psalm 139:3 ()); by the same figure, (γλῶσσα) μεστή ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου, James 3:8; (in Greek writings from Pindar down).

2. rust: James 5:3; (Ezekiel 24:6, 11f; Baruch 6:11, 23 (Epistle Jeremiah 12, 24); Theognis, Theocritus, Plato, Theophrastus, Polybius, Lucian, others).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
poison, rust.

Perhaps from eimi (to go) or hiemi (to send); rust (as if emitted by metals); also venom (as emitted by serpents) -- poison, rust.

Forms and Transliterations
ιος ιός ἰὸς ιου ιού ἰοῦ ιούς ios iòs iou ioû
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3 Occurrences


ἰὸς — 2 Occ.
ἰοῦ — 1 Occ.

Romans 3:13 N-NMS
GRK: αὐτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ
NAS: THEY KEEP DECEIVING, THE POISON OF ASPS
KJV: they have used deceit; the poison of asps
INT: of them they practice deceit poision of vipers [is] under

James 3:8 N-GMS
GRK: κακόν μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου
NAS: [and] full of deadly poison.
KJV: full of deadly poison.
INT: evil full of poison deadly

James 5:3 N-NMS
GRK: καὶ ὁ ἰὸς αὐτῶν εἰς
NAS: have rusted; and their rust will be a witness
KJV: and the rust of them
INT: and the rust of them for

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