STRONGS NUMBER G4662


Word Summary
skōlēkobrōtos: eaten by worms
Original Word: σκωληκόβρωτος
Transliteration: skōlēkobrōtos
Phonetic Spelling: (sko-lay-kob'-ro-tos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: eaten by worms
Meaning: eaten by worms
Strong's Concordance
eaten of worms.

From skolex and a derivative of bibrosko; worm-eaten, i.e. Diseased with maggots -- eaten of worms.

see GREEK skolex

see GREEK bibrosko

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4662: σκωληκόβρωτος

σκωληκόβρωτος, σκωληκοβρωτον (σκώληξ and βιβρώσκω), eaten of worms: Acts 12:23, cf. 2 Macc. 9:9. (of a tree, Theophrastus,

c. pl. 5, 9, 1.)