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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἰός

(Strong's #2447 — Noun Masculine — ios — ee-os' )

denotes "something active" as (a) "rust," as acting on metals, affecting their nature, James 5:3; (b) "poison," as of asps, acting destructively on living tissues, figuratively of the evil use of the lips as the organs of speech, Romans 3:13; so of the tongue, James 3:8 .

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