Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, May 1st, 2024
the Fifth Week after Easter
the Fifth Week after Easter
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Dictionaries
Wormwood
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
WORMWOOD ( la‘ăn âh , Deuteronomy 29:18 , Proverbs 5:4 , Jeremiah 9:16; Jeremiah 23:16 , Lamentations 3:15-16 , Amos 5:7; Amos 6:12 [in the last AV [Note: Authorized Version.] tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘hemlock’ ]; Gr. apsinthos , Revelation 8:11 ). la‘ăn âh was some bitter substance usually associated with gall (wh. see); it is used metaphorically for calamity and sorrow. Tradition favours some species of Artemisia (wormwood), of which several kinds are found in Palestine.
E. W. G. Masterman.
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
Bibliography Information
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Wormwood'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/w/wormwood.html. 1909.
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Wormwood'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/w/wormwood.html. 1909.
