Quick Definition
eaten by worms
Strong's Definition
worm-eaten, i.e. diseased with maggots
Derivation: from G4663 (σκώληξ) and a derivative of G977 (βιβρώσκω);
KJV Usage: eaten of worms
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σκωληκόβρωτος, σκωληκοβρωτον (σκώληξ and βιβρώσκω), eaten of worms: Act_12:23, cf. 2Ma_9:9. (of a tree, Theophrastus,
c. pl. 5, 9, 1.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σκωληκόβρωτος skōlēkobrōtos 1x
eaten of worms, consumed by worms, Act_12:23
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* σκωληκό -βρωτος , -ον
( < σκώληξ , βιβρώσκω ),
e aten of worms: Act_12:23 ( cf. 2Ma_9:9 , and v. MM , xxiii) †
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σκωληκόβρωτος [page 580]
eaten by worms. This comp d. found in the NT only in Act_12:23 occurs in PSI V. 490 .14 (B.C. 258 7) ]την γενομένην σκωληκόβρωτον , where the hiatus prevents our knowing what was eaten by worms, perhaps κριθή . Cf. the use of the negative applied to grain in P Grad 7 .11 (iii/B.C.) σπέρματ̣ο̣ς̣ ἀ̣σ̣κ̣ω̣λ̣ηκ̣ο̣β̣[ρώ ]τ̣ο̣υ̣. The word is applied to diseased grain by Theophrastus ( C.P. v. 9. 1), and hence was regarded by Hobart (p. 42 f.) as medical, but the above citations show it in ordinary use (cf. Cadbury JBL xlv. (1926), p. 201). Add the occurrence of the subst. σκωληκοβρωσία in P Masp III. 67325 II. verso .16 (Byz.) (cited by Preisigke Wφrterb. s.v. ), and the similar compd. ἰχθυόβρωτος in Syll 584 (= .3 997) .7 (i/B.C. ?) ὁ τούτων τι ποιῶν κακὸς κακῇ ἐξωλείᾳ ἀπόλοιτο , ἰχθυόβρωτος γενόμενος .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σκωληκόβρωτος σκωληκό-βρωτος, ον, [Etym: βιβρώσκω] "eaten of worms", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σκωληκό-βρωτος, -ον
(σκώληξ, βιβρώσκω),
eaten of worms: Act.12:23 (cf. 2Ma.9:9, and see MM, xxiii) †
(AS)