What does κατιόω (katióō) mean in the Bible?
κατιόω (katióō): Corrosion as moral deterioration: rust consuming material wealth parallels spiritual decay consuming the soul.
Greek · G2728
κατιόω
To corrode
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κατιόω G2728
Pronunciation katióō
What does κατιόω (katióō) mean in the Bible?
κατιόω (katióō): Corrosion as moral deterioration: rust consuming material wealth parallels spiritual decay consuming the soul.
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How does the BSB render G2728?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include are corroded (1).
Where does κατιόω (katióō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at James 5:3. Its strongest book concentrations include James (1).
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 are corroded 1× James 5:3
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First aligned row James 5:3
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
James 1
Source forms
κατίωται 1x katiōtai James 5:3
Parsing patterns
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x James 5:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Corrosion as moral deterioration: rust consuming material wealth parallels spiritual decay consuming the soul.
Source Gloss
to corrode
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Corrosion as moral deterioration: rust consuming material wealth parallels spiritual decay consuming the soul.
(intensive of ἰόω; ἰός) [in LXX: Sir.12:11 * ;] to rust over; pass., become rusted over: Jas.5:3.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
James 5:3 Verb Third Person Singular Perfect Passive Indicative
κατίωται, katiwtai
I 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.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
perfect 1
Voice
passive 1
Mood
indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
κατιόω is built from these roots:
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