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
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
I haue said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worme, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
1611 marginal noteHeb. cried, or called.
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
The wombe shall forget him, the worme shall feed sweetly on him, hee shall be no more remembred, and wickednes shalbe broken as a tree.
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
How much lesse man, that is a worme: and the sonne of man which is a worme?
1611 marginal notePsal. 22.6.
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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.
