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It can refer to literal poison or venom, as well as the figurative idea of moral or spiritual corruption, akin to rust that eats away at metal.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, the concept of "ios" as poison or venom was well understood, as it was a common threat in the natural world, particularly from snakes and other venomous creatures. The metaphorical use of "ios" to describe moral corruption or decay would have resonated with a society familiar with the destructive power of both physical and moral poisons.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>rust, poison<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>poison (2), rust (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2447: ἰός</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἰός</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ἰοῦ</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> (on its very uncertain derivation see Kreussler in <span class="abbreviation">Passow</span>, under the word; <span class="abbreviation">Curtius</span>, § 591; (<span class="abbreviation">Vanicek</span>, p. 969)); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">poison</span> (of animals): <span class="greek2">ἰός</span> <span class="greek2">ἀσπίδων</span> <span class="greek2">ὑπό</span> <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">χείλη</span> <span class="greek2">αὐτῶν</span>, the poison of asps is under their lips, spoken of men given to reviling and calumniating and thereby injuring others, <a href="/interlinear/romans/3-13.htm">Romans 3:13</a> (from <a href="/interlinear/psalms/139-3.htm">Psalm 139:3</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 140:4>)); by the same figure, (<span class="greek2">γλῶσσα</span>) <span class="greek2">μεστή</span> <span class="greek2">ἰοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">θανατηφόρου</span>, <a href="/interlinear/james/3-8.htm">James 3:8</a>; (in Greek writings from <span class="abbreviation">Pindar</span> down). <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> <span class="accented">rust</span>: <a href="/interlinear/james/5-3.htm">James 5:3</a>; (<a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/24-6.htm">Ezekiel 24:6, 11</a>f; Baruch 6:11, 23 (Epistle <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/12.htm">Jeremiah 12, 24</a>); <span class="abbreviation">Theognis</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Theocritus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Theophrastus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Polybius</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Lucian</span>, others).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>poison, rust. <p>Perhaps from eimi (to go) or hiemi (to send); rust (as if emitted by metals); also venom (as emitted by serpents) -- poison, rust. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>ιος ιός ἰὸς ιου ιού ἰοῦ ιούς ios iòs iou ioû<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/romans/3-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 3:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν <b>ἰὸς</b> ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> THEY KEEP DECEIVING, <span class="itali">THE POISON</span> OF ASPS<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> they have used deceit; <span class="itali">the poison</span> of asps<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/3-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of them they practice deceit <span class="itali">poision</span> of vipers [is] under<p><b><a href="/text/james/3-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">James 3:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular">N-GMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/james/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">κακόν μεστὴ <b>ἰοῦ</b> θανατηφόρου </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/james/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [and] full of deadly <span class="itali">poison.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/james/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> full of deadly <span class="itali">poison.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/james/3-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> evil full <span class="itali">of poison</span> deadly<p><b><a href="/text/james/5-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">James 5:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/james/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ ὁ <b>ἰὸς</b> αὐτῶν εἰς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/james/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> have rusted; <span class="itali">and their rust</span> will be a witness<br><a href="/kjvs/james/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">the rust</span> of them<br><a href="/interlinear/james/5-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the <span class="itali">rust</span> of them for<p><b><a href="/greek/2447.htm">Strong's Greek 2447</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2447.htm">3 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/ios_2447.htm">ἰὸς — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/iou_2447.htm">ἰοῦ — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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