Topic
Canker
2 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1896–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 2 Timothy 2:17Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE
And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
- James 5:3Easton
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.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
A gangrene or mortification which gradually spreads over the whole body (2 Tim. 2:17). In James 5:3 “cankered” means “rusted” (R.V.) or tarnished.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
kan'-ker.
See GANGRENE.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → FIGURATIVE 2Ti 2:17
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.