Original: ἰός

Transliteration: iós

Phonetic: ee-os'

Short Definition: Poison

- Original: ἰός

- Transliteration: Ios

- Phonetic: ee-os'

- Definition:

1. poison (of animals)

a. poison of asps is under their lips,

b. spoken of men given to reviling and calumniating and thereby injuring others

2. rust

- Origin: perhaps from eimi (to go) or hiemi (to send)

- TDNT entry: 08:34,4

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: Perhaps from εἶμι eimi (to go) or ἵημι hiē mi (to send); rust (as if emitted by metals); also venom (as emitted by serpents): - poison rust.

Cognate: G1728