Definition

to rust down, i.e. corrode

Etymology

from G2596 (κατά) and a derivative of G2447 (ἰός);

Word family

• κατά katá
• ἰός iós

How the KJV renders it

• canker

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.