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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 γραίνω grainō (to gnaw); an ulcer (gangrene): - canker.
- 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