"a missile weapon, arrow, dart; venom, poison, Rom. 3:13; Jas. 3:8; rust, Jas. 5:3*"
Definition and meaning
a missile weapon, arrow, dart; venom, poison, Rom. 3:13; Jas. 3:8; rust, Jas. 5:3*
In the original Greek the word is written: ἰός
Historical context
Paul wrote Romans from Corinth, one of the most important commercial cities in the empire. Rome had a Jewish population of around 50,000. The letter addresses real tensions between Jewish believers with centuries of Torah tradition and Gentile believers with no such background. Emperor Nero was on the throne. Within ten years he would execute both Paul and Peter.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of ios (G2447) across the King James Bible.
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
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Common questions
Strong's G2447 (ios) is a Greek word that means: a missile weapon, arrow, dart; venom, poison, Rom. 3:13; Jas. 3:8; rust, Jas. 5:3* It appears 3 times in the King James Bible.
The word ios (G2447) appears 3 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2447 is ios, a Greek word defined as: a missile weapon, arrow, dart; venom, poison, Rom. 3:13; Jas. 3:8; rust, Jas. 5:3*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
ios is a Greek word found in the New Testament.