KJV dictionary & concordance

canker

Meaning of “canker”

Sense 1: A spreading, consuming sore. Sense 2: Figuratively, a destructive corruption.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-references

1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: 2 Timothy 2:17

Complete exact-word concordance

KJV PCE

And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus;

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 2 Timothy 2:17 · retained source text

And their word will eate as doth a canker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus.

1611 marginal noteOr, gangrene.

Source order

1 · KJV context and cross-references