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2 Timothy 2:17
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2 Timothy 2:17
17And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus;
17And their word will eate as doth a ‖canker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus.
- Or, gangrene.
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2 Timothy 2:17
A spoken or written expression; a saying, message, command, promise, account, or matter.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A spreading, consuming sore or corruption; also corrosion that eats into metal.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study20Of whom is Hymenæus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
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Open the full verse study15There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
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Open the full verse study3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
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