G4663

σκώληξ

skōlēxG:N-M

worm

σκώληξ, -ηκος, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for תּוֹלָע and cogn. forms ;] a worm: of the kind which preys upon dead bodies, metaphorically, of fut. punishment, Mrk.9:48 (LXX, Isa.66:24; cf. Sir.7:17, Jdth.16:17).† (AS)

The KJV translates G4663 in the following manner:

worm (6x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

σκώληξ — skṓlēx

σκώληξ, σκωληκος, ὁ (perhaps akin to σκολιός), a worm (Homer, Iliad 13, 654); specifically, that kind which preys upon dead bodies (Sir 10:11 Sir 19:3; 2Ma 9:9; Anthol. 7, 480, 3; 10, 78, 3): ὁ σκώληξ αὐτῶν οὐ τελευτᾷ, by a figure borrowed from Isa 66:24 (cf. Sir 7:17; Jdt 16:17), 'their punishment after death will never cease' (σκώληξ symbolizing perhaps the loathsomeness of the penalty), Mar 9:44; Mar 9:46,(T WH omit; Tr brackets these two verses),48.

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