Reference: Poison
Easton
(1.) Heb hemah, "heat," the poison of certain venomous reptiles (De 32:24,33; Job 6:4; Ps 58:4), causing inflammation.
(2.) Heb rosh, "a head," a poisonous plant (De 29:18), growing luxuriantly (Ho 10:4), of a bitter taste (Ps 69:21; La 3:5), and coupled with wormwood; probably the poppy. This word is rendered "gall", q.v., (De 29:18; 32:33; Ps 69:21; Jer 8:14, etc.), "hemlock" (Ho 10:4; Am 6:12), and "poison" (Job 20:16), "the poison of asps," showing that the rosh was not exclusively a vegetable poison.
(3.) In Ro 3:13 (comp. Job 20:16; Ps 140:3), Jas 3:8, as the rendering of the Greek ios.
See Verses Found in Dictionary
So that there may not be among you any man or woman or family or tribe whose heart is turned away from the Lord our God today, to go after other gods and give them worship; or any root among you whose fruit is poison and bitter sorrow;
So that there may not be among you any man or woman or family or tribe whose heart is turned away from the Lord our God today, to go after other gods and give them worship; or any root among you whose fruit is poison and bitter sorrow;
They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.
Their wine is the poison of dragons, the cruel poison of snakes.
Their wine is the poison of dragons, the cruel poison of snakes.
For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.
He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.
He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.
Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;
They gave me poison for my food; and bitter wine for my drink.
They gave me poison for my food; and bitter wine for my drink.
Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)
Why are we seated doing nothing? come together, and let us go to the walled towns, and let destruction overtake us there, for the Lord our God has sent destruction on us, and given us bitter water for our drink, because we have done evil against the Lord.
He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.
Their words are foolish; they make agreements with false oaths, so punishment will come up like a poison-plant in a ploughed field.
Their words are foolish; they make agreements with false oaths, so punishment will come up like a poison-plant in a ploughed field.
Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?
Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:
But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.
Fausets
chemah, from a root "to be hot" (De 32:24,33,). Ps 58:4; 140:3, "of serpents." In Job 6:4 allusion is made to poisoned arrows, symbolizing the burning pains which penetrated into Job's inmost parts ("spirit" as contrasted with surface flesh wounds of his body). Pliny (xi. 115) mentions that the Scythians poisoned their arrows with viper's venom mixed with human blood; a scratch of such arrows proved fatal. Also Arab pirates on the Red Sea used poisoned arrows (texicon, or toxicum from toxon a "bow", became the term for poison, so common was the usage). The Jews never adopted the barbarous custom. Ro'sh; De 32:32; 29:18; Ps 69:21; La 3:19; Am 6:12. (See GALL.); Jer 8:14 margin.
See Verses Found in Dictionary
So that there may not be among you any man or woman or family or tribe whose heart is turned away from the Lord our God today, to go after other gods and give them worship; or any root among you whose fruit is poison and bitter sorrow;
They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.
For their vine is the vine of Sodom, from the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are the grapes of evil, and the berries are bitter: Their wine is the poison of dragons, the cruel poison of snakes.
For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.
Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;
They gave me poison for my food; and bitter wine for my drink.
Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)
Why are we seated doing nothing? come together, and let us go to the walled towns, and let destruction overtake us there, for the Lord our God has sent destruction on us, and given us bitter water for our drink, because we have done evil against the Lord.
Keep in mind my trouble and my wandering, the bitter root and the poison.
Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?
Morish
The poison of serpents and of asps is used in scripture symbolically for the judgement of God and for the malignity inherent in the wicked. De 32:24,33; Job 6:4; 20:16; Ps 58:4; 140:3; Ro 3:13. The tongue is "an unruly evil, full of deadly poison." Jas 3:8. Job 6:4 apparently alludes to arrows being poisoned.
See Verses Found in Dictionary
They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.
Their wine is the poison of dragons, the cruel poison of snakes.
For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.
For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.
He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.
Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;
Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)
Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:
But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.