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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - γάγγραινα

γάγγραινα

G1044

Transliteration: gángraina

Pronunciation: gang'-grahee-nah

Definition: canker


- Original: γάγγραινα

- Transliteration: Gaggraina

- Phonetic: gang'-grahee-nah

- Definition:

1. a gangrene, a disease by which any part of the body suffering from inflammation becomes so corrupted that, unless a remedy be seasonably applied, the evil continually spreads, attacks other parts, and at last eats away the bones

- Origin: from graino (to gnaw)

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From γραίνω grainō (to gnaw); an ulcer (gangrene): - canker.


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