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wormwood

Meaning of “wormwood”

1. A bitter substance or plant. 2. Figuratively, bitterness, poison, corrupt judgment, or calamity.

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8 occurrences8 verses6 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 29:18

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Every verse containing “wormwood”

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Deuteronomy 29:18
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 29:18 · retained source text

Lest there should be among you man or woman, or familie, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day frō the LORD our God, to goe and serue the gods of these nations: lest there should bee among you a root that beareth gall and wormewood,

1611 marginal noteOr, a poisonfull herbe Heb. Rosh.

Proverbs 5:4
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 5:4 · retained source text

But her end is bitter as wormewood, sharpe as a two edged sword.

Jeremiah 9:15
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 9:15 · retained source text

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, euen this people with wormewood, and giue them water of gall to drinke.

1611 marginal noteCha. 8.12. and 23.15.

Jeremiah 23:15
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 23:15 · retained source text

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the Prophets; Behold, I will feede them with wormewood, and make them drinke the water of gall: for from the Prophets of Ierusalem is profanenesse gone forth into all the land.

1611 marginal noteOr, hypocrisie.

1611 marginal noteCha.8.14 and 9.15.

Lamentations 3:15
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 3:15 · retained source text

Hee hath filled me with bitternesse, hee hath made me drunken with wormewood.

1611 marginal noteHeb. bitternesses.

Lamentations 3:19
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 3:19 · retained source text

Remembring mine affliction and my miserie, the wormewood & the gall.

1611 marginal noteOr, remember.

Revelation 8:11
And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 8:11 · retained source text

And the name of the starre is called Wormewood, and the third part of the waters became wormewood, and many men dyed of the waters, because they were made bitter.

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