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Gangrene

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: γάγγραινα

(Strong's #1044 — Noun Feminine — gangraina — gang'-grahee-nah )

"an eating sore," spreading corruption and producing mortification, is used, in 2 Timothy 2:17 , of errorists in the church, who, pretending to give true spiritual food, produce spiritual gangrene (AV, "canker," RV, "gangrene").

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Gangrene'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​g/gangrene.html. 1940.
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