noun · masculine

skōlēxos

Greekσκώληξ (skōlēx)

Strong’sG4663

a gnawing worm

stem skōlēx-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

worm1×

What it means

σκώληξ, -ηκος, ὁ

[in LXX chiefly for תּוֹלָע and cogn. forms;]

a worm: of the kind which preys upon dead bodies, metaph., of fut. punishment, Mk 9:48 (LXX, Is 66:24; cf. Si 7:17, Jth 16:17).†

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

Strong’s G4663 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsko'-lakes

a grub, maggot or earth-worm

Fromof uncertain derivation;

King Jamesworm.

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

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	skōlēxos1×σκώληξ	skōlēxois
object accusative	skōlēxon	skōlēxoin
direct address vocative	skōlēxor	skōlēxoir
of, belonging to genitive	skōlēxou	skōlēxoiu
to, for dative	skōlēxo	skōlēxoi

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

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

skōlēxo 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

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

skōlēxos“worm”subjectnominative singular1×

Mark 9:48“worm”hopou tos skōlēxos autoiu ouk teleutatō kai tem purem ouk sbennuitō.where ‘their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.’