Skolex means “worm” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4663 — miphqad (“Miphkad”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4663 σκώληξ (skolex) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. skolex (sko'-lakes) n. 1. a grub, maggot or earth-worm [of uncertain derivation] It has 20 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include worm. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
skolex (sko'-lakes) n. 1. a grub, maggot or earth-worm [of uncertain derivation] KJV: worm
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worm
Usage: σκώληξ, -ηκος, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for תּוֹלָע and cogn. forms ;] a worm: of the kind which preys upon dead bodies, metaphorically, of fut. punishment, Mrk.9:48 (LXX, Isa.66:24; cf. Sir.7:17, Jdth.16:17).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render skolex, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4663 (σκώληξ) appears 17 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
3 indexed usages in New Testament.
11 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
But they did not hearken to Moses, but some left of it till the morning; and it bred worms and stank: and Moses was irritated with them.
And they left of it till the morning, as Moses commanded them; and it stank not, neither was there a worm in it.
Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and dress it, and shalt not drink the wine, neither shalt thou delight thyself with it, because the worm shall devour it.
6 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Woe to the nations that rise up against my kindred! The Lord Almighty will take vengeance of them in the day of judgment, In putting fire and worms in their flesh; And they shall feel them, and weep forever.
Fear not then the words of a sinful man: for his glory shall be dung and worms.
So that the worms rose up out of the body of this wicked man, and whiles he lived in sorrow and pain, his flesh fell away, and the filthiness of his smell was noisome to all his army.
First 20 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4663.
But they did not hearken to Moses, but some left of it till the morning; and it bred worms and stank: and Moses was irritated with them.
And they left of it till the morning, as Moses commanded them; and it stank not, neither was there a worm in it.
Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and dress it, and shalt not drink the wine, neither shalt thou delight thyself with it, because the worm shall devour it.
And my body is covered with loathsome worms; And I waste away, scraping off clods of dust from my eruption.
But alas! man is corruption, And the son of man a worm.
But I am a worm, and not a man; A reproach of men, and scorn of the people.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband; But as a worm in wood, so a bad woman destroys her husband.
Thy glory has come down to Hades, and thy great mirth: under thee they shall spread corruption, and the worm shall be thy covering.
And they shall go forth, and see the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched; and they shall be a spectacle to all flesh.
And God commanded a worm the next morning, and it smote the gourd, and it withered away.
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Woe to the nations that rise up against my kindred! The Lord Almighty will take vengeance of them in the day of judgment, In putting fire and worms in their flesh; And they shall feel them, and weep forever.
Fear not then the words of a sinful man: for his glory shall be dung and worms.
So that the worms rose up out of the body of this wicked man, and whiles he lived in sorrow and pain, his flesh fell away, and the filthiness of his smell was noisome to all his army.
Humble thy soul greatly: For the vengeance of the ungodly is fire and worms.
For when a man is dead, He shall inherit creeping things, beasts, and worms.
Moths and worms shall have him to heritage, And a bold man shall be taken away.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4663, grouped by book.
Skolex (Strong's G4663) is a Greek word most simply glossed "worm". skolex (sko'-lakes) n. 1. a grub, maggot or earth-worm [of uncertain derivation]
This page currently indexes 20 linked usages for Strong's G4663 across 12 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4663 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as worm. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 11 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 6 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4663, with linked reader references where each row is available.