What does ἰός (iós) mean in the Bible?
ἰός (iós): Corrosive decay or deadly toxin: destructive substances emitted from their sources with corrupting power.
Greek · G2447
ἰός
Rust (as if emitted by metals); also venom (as emitted by serpents)
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ἰός G2447
Pronunciation iós
What does ἰός (iós) mean in the Bible?
ἰός (iós): Corrosive decay or deadly toxin: destructive substances emitted from their sources with corrupting power.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2447?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [The] venom (1), corrosion (1), poison (1).
Where does ἰός (iós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 3:13. Its strongest book concentrations include James (2), Romans (1).
Are there verse guides for ἰός (iós)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [The] venom 1× Romans 3:13
corrosion 1× James 5:3
poison 1× James 3:8
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 3:13
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Romans 1 James 2
Source forms
ἰὸς 2x ios Romans 3:13, James 5:3
ἰοῦ 1x iou James 3:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Romans 3:13, James 5:3
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x James 3:8
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Evidence Summary
Greek word. Corrosive decay or deadly toxin: destructive substances emitted from their sources with corrupting power.
Source Gloss
rust (as if emitted by metals); also venom (as emitted by serpents)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
iov
poison, rust
Read verse James 3:8 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ἰοῦ iou
poison, rust
Read verse James 5:3 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἰὸς iov
poison, rust
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Jas 3:8 1×
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain