Dict: easton - Poison

easton:

Poison @

(1.) Heb. hemah, "heat," the poison of certain venomous reptiles kjv@Deuteronomy:32:24 kjv@Deuteronomy:32:33 kjv@Job:6:4; kjv@Psalms:58:4), causing inflammation.

(2.) Heb. rosh, "a head," a poisonous plant kjv@Deuteronomy:29:18), growing luxuriantly kjv@Hosea:10:4), of a bitter taste kjv@Psalms:69:21; kjv@Lamentations:3:5), and coupled with wormwood; probably the poppy. This word is rendered "gall", q.v., kjv@Deuteronomy:29:18 kjv@Deuteronomy:32:33; kjv@Psalms:69:21; kjv@Jeremiah:8:14, etc.), "hemlock" kjv@Hosea:10:4; kjv@Amos:6:12), and "poison" kjv@Job:20:16), "the poison of asps," showing that the rosh was not exclusively a vegetable poison.

(3.) In kjv@Romans:3:13 (comp. kjv@Job:20:16; kjv@Psalms:140:3), kjv@James:3:8, as the rendering of the Greek ios.