Will eat [ν ο μ η ν ε ξ ε ι]. Lit. will have pasturage, and sO grow. Nomh purov a spreading of fire : a sore is said nomhn poieisqai to spread. Comp. Acts 4:17, dianemhqh spread, of the influence of the miracle of Peter, from the same root, nemein to distribute or divide; often of herdsmen, to pasture. Nomh only here and John 10:9 Canker [γ α γ γ ρ α ι ν α]. Transliterated into gangrene. An eating sore; a cancer. N. T. o. o LXX Comp. Ovid :

"Solet immedicabile cancer Serpere, et illaesas vitiatis addere partes." Metam. 2 826

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