KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: A small creeping creature, larva, grub, caterpillar, maggot, or similar animal. Sense 2: By figure, a despised or abased being.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 16:24
Complete exact-word concordance
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Thy pompe is brought downe to the graue, and the noyse of thy violes: the worme is spread vnder thee, and the wormes couer thee.
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Feare not, thou worme Iacob, and ye men of Israel: I will helpe thee, saith the LORD, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
1611 marginal noteOr, few men.
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
For the moth shall eate them vp like a garment, and the worme shal eate them like wooll: but my righteousnes shalbe for euer; and my saluation from generation to generation.
And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
And they shall goe foorth, and looke vpon the carkeises of the men that haue transgressed against me: for their worme shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched, and they shall be an abhorring vnto all flesh.
1611 marginal noteMarke 9.44.
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Historical English dictionary sources
In common use, a small creeping creature, larva, grub, caterpillar, maggot, or similar animal; figuratively, a despised or abased being.
