STRONGS G4663:
σκώληξ,
σκωληκος,
ὁ (perhaps akin to
σκολιός),
a worm (
Homer, Iliad 13, 654); specifically, that kind which preys upon dead bodies (Sir. 10:11 Sir. 19:3; 2 Macc. 9:9;
Anthol. 7, 480, 3; 10, 78, 3):
ὁ σκώληξ αὐτῶν οὐ τελευτᾷ, by a figure borrowed from
Isaiah 66:24 (cf. Sir. 7:17; Judith 16:17), 'their punishment after death will never cease' (
σκώληξ symbolizing perhaps the loathsomeness of the penalty),
Mark 9:44,
46,(
T WH omit;
Tr brackets these two verses),48.
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