Reference: Worm
Easton
(1.) Heb sas (Isa 51:8), denotes the caterpillar of the clothes-moth.
(2.) The manna bred worms (tola'im), but on the Sabbath there was not any worm (rimmah) therein (Ex 16:20,24). Here these words refer to caterpillars or larvae, which feed on corrupting matter.
These two Hebrew words appear to be interchangeable (Job 25:6; Isa 14:11). Tola'im in some places denotes the caterpillar (De 28:39; Jon 4:7), and rimmah, the larvae, as bred from putridity (Job 17:14; 21:26; 24:20). In Mic 7:17, where it is said, "They shall move out of their holes like worms," perhaps serpents or "creeping things," or as in the Revised Version, "crawling things," are meant.
The word is used figuratively in Job 25:6; Ps 22:6; Isa 41:14; Mr 9:44,46,48; Isa 66:24.
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But they did not listen to Moses, and some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them.
So they put it aside until morning, as Moses had ordered, and it did not become foul nor was there any worm in it.
"You shall plant and cultivate vineyards, but you will neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm will devour them.
If I call to the pit, 'You are my father'; To the worm, 'my mother and my sister';
"Together they lie down in the dust, And worms cover them.
"A mother will forget him; The worm feeds sweetly till he is no longer remembered And wickedness will be broken like a tree.
How much less man, that maggot, And the son of man, that worm!"
How much less man, that maggot, And the son of man, that worm!"
But I am a worm and not a man, A reproach of men and despised by the people.
'Your pomp and the music of your harps Have been brought down to Sheol; Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you And worms are your covering.'
"Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel; I will help you," declares the LORD, "and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
"For the moth will eat them like a garment, And the grub will eat them like wool But My righteousness will be forever, And My salvation to all generations."
"Then they will go forth and look On the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me For their worm will not die And their fire will not be quenched; And they will be an abhorrence to all mankind."
But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day and it attacked the plant and it withered.
They will lick the dust like a serpent, Like reptiles of the earth They will come trembling out of their fortresses; To the LORD our God they will come in dread And they will be afraid before You.
where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.
Fausets
Not the earth worm (Lumbricus terrestris). Isa 51:8; "the moth ('ash) shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm (sas) shall eat them like wool." The sas is a species of (See MOTH . Rimmah synonymous with toleah; applied to the worm bred in the manna when kept more than a day (Ex 16:26), tolaim, answering to rimmah (Ex 16:24); so in Job 25:6; maggots and larvae of insects which feed on putrefying matter (Job 21:26; 24:20; 7:5; 17:4); maggots were bred in Job's sores produced by elephantiasis. "Herod was eaten of worms" (Ac 12:23). Josephus tells the same of Herod the Great (Ac 19:8), and 2Ma 9:9 of Antiochus Epiphanes.
In Job 19:26; Hebrew "though after my skin (is destroyed) this (body) is destroyed," Job omits "body" because it was so wasted as not to deserve the name. The tolath was to eat the grapes of apostate Israel (De 28:39); also Jonah's gourd (Jon 4:7). Hell is associated with the "worm that dieth not," an image from maggots preying on putrid carcass (Isa 66:24). (See HELL.) Mr 9:44,46,48, "THEIR worm" is the gnawing self reproach of conscience, ever continuing and unavailing remorse. The Lord Jesus represents here both the worm and those on whom it preys as never dying. Symbolizing at once decay and loathsome humiliation, and this everlasting.
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So they put it aside until morning, as Moses had ordered, and it did not become foul nor was there any worm in it.
"Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the sabbath, there will be none."
"You shall plant and cultivate vineyards, but you will neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm will devour them.
"My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt, My skin hardens and runs.
"For You have kept their heart from understanding, Therefore You will not exalt them.
"Together they lie down in the dust, And worms cover them.
"A mother will forget him; The worm feeds sweetly till he is no longer remembered And wickedness will be broken like a tree.
How much less man, that maggot, And the son of man, that worm!"
"For the moth will eat them like a garment, And the grub will eat them like wool But My righteousness will be forever, And My salvation to all generations."
"Then they will go forth and look On the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me For their worm will not die And their fire will not be quenched; And they will be an abhorrence to all mankind."
But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day and it attacked the plant and it withered.
where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.
And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.
And he entered the synagogue and continued speaking out boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God.
Hastings
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But they did not listen to Moses, and some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them.
But they did not listen to Moses, and some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them.
So they put it aside until morning, as Moses had ordered, and it did not become foul nor was there any worm in it.
So they put it aside until morning, as Moses had ordered, and it did not become foul nor was there any worm in it.
"You shall plant and cultivate vineyards, but you will neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm will devour them.
"Together they lie down in the dust, And worms cover them.
"A mother will forget him; The worm feeds sweetly till he is no longer remembered And wickedness will be broken like a tree.
How much less man, that maggot, And the son of man, that worm!"
How much less man, that maggot, And the son of man, that worm!"
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, But she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.
'Your pomp and the music of your harps Have been brought down to Sheol; Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you And worms are your covering.'
'Your pomp and the music of your harps Have been brought down to Sheol; Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you And worms are your covering.'
"Lift up your eyes to the sky, Then look to the earth beneath; For the sky will vanish like smoke, And the earth will wear out like a garment And its inhabitants will die in like manner; But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not wane.
"Then they will go forth and look On the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me For their worm will not die And their fire will not be quenched; And they will be an abhorrence to all mankind."
Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim And like rottenness to the house of Judah.
But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day and it attacked the plant and it withered.
They will lick the dust like a serpent, Like reptiles of the earth They will come trembling out of their fortresses; To the LORD our God they will come in dread And they will be afraid before You.
And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.
Smith
Worm,
the representative in the Authorized Version of several Hebrew words. Sas, which occurs in
probably denotes some particular species of moth, whose larva is injurious to wool. Rimmah,
points evidently to various kinds of maggots and the larvae of insects which feed on putrefying animal matter, rather than to earthworms. Toleah is applied in
De 28:39
to some kinds of larvae destructive to the vines. In
there is an allusion to worms (insect larvae) feeding on the dead bodies of the buried. There is the same allusion in
which words are applied by our Lord,
metaphorically to the torments of the guilty in the world of departed spirits. The valley of Hinnom near Jerusalem, where the filth of the city was cast, was alive with worms. The death of Herod Agrippa I, was caused by worms.
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But they did not listen to Moses, and some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them.
"You shall plant and cultivate vineyards, but you will neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm will devour them.
"Together they lie down in the dust, And worms cover them.
"A mother will forget him; The worm feeds sweetly till he is no longer remembered And wickedness will be broken like a tree.
There is none to guide her among all the sons she has borne, Nor is there one to take her by the hand among all the sons she has reared.
"Then they will go forth and look On the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me For their worm will not die And their fire will not be quenched; And they will be an abhorrence to all mankind."
where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.
And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.
Watsons
WORM, the general name in Scripture for little creeping insects. Several kinds are spoken of:
1. Those that breed in putrefied bodies, ???, Ex 16:20,24; Job 7:5; 17:14; 21:26; 24:20; 25:6; Isa 14:11; ??????, Ecclus. 7:17; 10:11; 1 Mac. 2:62; 2 Mac. 9:9; Judith 16:17; Mr 9:44,46,48; Ac 12:23.
2. That which eats woollen garments, ??, Isa 51:8; ???, Mt 6:19-20; Lu 12:33.
3. That which, perforating the leaves and bark of trees, causes the little excrescences called kermes, whence is made a crimson dye, ????, De 28:39; Job 25:6; Ps 22:6; Isa 14:11; 41:14; 66:24; Ex 16:20; Jon 4:7.
4. The worm destructive of the vines, referred to in De 28:39; which was the pyralis vitanae, or pyralis fasciana, of Forskal, the vine weevil, a small insect extremely hurtful to the vines.
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But they did not listen to Moses, and some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them.
But they did not listen to Moses, and some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them.
So they put it aside until morning, as Moses had ordered, and it did not become foul nor was there any worm in it.
"You shall plant and cultivate vineyards, but you will neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm will devour them.
"You shall plant and cultivate vineyards, but you will neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm will devour them.
"My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt, My skin hardens and runs.
If I call to the pit, 'You are my father'; To the worm, 'my mother and my sister';
"Together they lie down in the dust, And worms cover them.
"A mother will forget him; The worm feeds sweetly till he is no longer remembered And wickedness will be broken like a tree.
How much less man, that maggot, And the son of man, that worm!"
How much less man, that maggot, And the son of man, that worm!"
But I am a worm and not a man, A reproach of men and despised by the people.
'Your pomp and the music of your harps Have been brought down to Sheol; Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you And worms are your covering.'
'Your pomp and the music of your harps Have been brought down to Sheol; Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you And worms are your covering.'
"Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel; I will help you," declares the LORD, "and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
"For the moth will eat them like a garment, And the grub will eat them like wool But My righteousness will be forever, And My salvation to all generations."
"Then they will go forth and look On the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me For their worm will not die And their fire will not be quenched; And they will be an abhorrence to all mankind."
But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day and it attacked the plant and it withered.
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. "But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;
where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.
"Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves money belts which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor moth destroys.
And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.