Canker

1 verse

2 Timothy

And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;

Matthew George Easton, 1897

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.