Dict: smith - WORM

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WORM - W>@ - the representative in the Authorized Version of several Hebrew words. Sas , which occurs in kjv@Isaiah:51:18) probably denotes some particular species of moth, whose larva is injurious to wool. Rimmah , kjv@Exodus:16:20) points evidently to various kinds of maggots and the larvae of insects which feed on putrefying animal matter, rather than to earthworms. Toleah is applied in (28:39) to some kinds of larvae destructive to the vines. In kjv@Job:19:26 kjv@Job:21:26 kjv@Job:24:20 ) there is an allusion to worms (insect larvae) feeding on the dead bodies of the buried. There is the same allusion in kjv@Isaiah:66:24) which words are applied by our Lord, kjv@Mark:9:44-46-48) metaphorically to the torments of the guilty in the world of departed spirits. The valley of Hinnom near Jerusalem, where the filth of the city was cast, was alive with worms. The death of Herod Agrippa I, was caused by worms. kjv@Acts:12:23)

WORMWOOD - W>@ - Four kinds of wormwood are found in Palestine
Artemisia nilotica , A. Judaica , A. fructicosa and A. cinerea . The word occurs frequently in the Bible, and generally in a metaphorical sense. In kjv@Jeremiah:9:15 kjv@Jeremiah:23:15; kjv@Lamentations:3:15 kjv@Lamentations:3:19) wormwood is symbolical of bitter calamity and sorrow; unrighteous judges are said to "turn judgment to wormwood." kjv@Amos:5:7) The Orientals typified sorrows, cruelties and calamities of any kind by plants of a poisonous or bitter nature.