Word Summary
skōlēkobrōtos: eaten by worms
Original Word: σκωληκόβρωτοςTransliteration: 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: σκωληκόβρωτοςσκωληκόβρωτος,
σκωληκοβρωτον (
σκώληξ and
βιβρώσκω),
eaten of worms:
Acts 12:23, cf. 2 Macc. 9:9. (of a tree,
Theophrastus,
c. pl. 5, 9, 1.)