KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Small creeping creatures or larvae. Sense 2: Figures of lowliness, corruption, or consuming judgment.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Exodus 16:20
Complete exact-word concordance
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
Notwithstanding they hearkened not vnto Moses, but some of them left of it vntill the morning, and it bred wormes, and stanke: and Moses was wroth with them.
Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
Thou shalt plant vineyards and dresse them, but shalt neither drinke of the wine, nor gather the grapes: for the wormes shall eate them.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
My flesh is cloathed with wormes and clods of dust, my skinne is broken, and become loathsome.
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
And though after my skin, wormes destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
1611 marginal noteOr, After I shall awake through this body be destroyed, yet out of my flesh shall I see God.
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
They shall lie downe alike in the dust, and the wormes shall couer them.
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.
They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee.
They shall licke the dust like a serpent, they shall moue out of their holes like wormes of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall feare because of thee.
1611 marginal noteOr, creeping things.
1611 marginal notePsal.72.9.
And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
And immediatly the Angel of the Lord smote him, because hee gaue not God the glory, and hee was eaten of wormes, and gaue vp the ghost.
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