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RUST ( âñῶóéò [fr. âéâñþóêù , Lat. voro, ‘to eat.’ Properly the act of eating, and so ‘corrosion’], Mat_6:19 f.; also used for ‘food,’ Joh_4:32; Joh_6:27; Joh_6:55).—The corroding influence liable to tarnish treasures or precious metals, which in Eastern countries were often stored in the ground (Mat_13:44) or on inhabited premises (Luk_15:8).
C. H. Prichard.