ios

Strong’sG2447

poison, rust

stem i-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

ἰός, -οῦ, ὁ,

[in LXX: Ez 24:6, 11, 12 (חֶלְאָה), Ps 139 (140):3 (חֵמָה), al.;]

1. an arrow.

2. rust (Ez 24:6): Ja 5:3 (cf. MM, Exp., xv).

3. poison: fig., Ro 3:13 (Ps 139 (140):3), Ja 3:8.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2447 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidee-os'

rust (as if emitted by metals); also venom (as emitted by serpents)

Fromperhaps from εἶμι (to go) or ἵημι (to send);

King Jamespoison, rust.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ἰός [ῑ], ὁ,

C rust on iron, or verdigris on copper and bronze, Refs 7th c.BC+; patina on bronze statues, ὅπως καθαρὸς ἰοῦ ἔσται ὁ ἀνδριάς Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

corrosion1×poison1×venom1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	ios2×ἰὸς	iois
object accusative	ion	ioin
direct address vocative	ior	ioir
of, belonging to genitive	iou1×ἰοῦ	ioiu
to, for dative	io	ioi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

istem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

io is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.

iomō — ἰάομαι, I heal

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

ios“venom”subjectnominative singular2×

Romans 3:13… larungos autoiu, tai glōssai autoiu doliale, ios aspidaiu hupo teim cheileim autoiu,… graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”

James 5:3… kai tos arguros katiotē, kai tos ios autoiu eis marturiem vi eti kai …… gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume …

iou“poison”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

James 3:8… damazara dunotō anthrōpoiu; akatastatem kakosem, mestas iou thanatēforou.… a restless evil, full of deadly poison.