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. Some left part of it till the morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.
So they laid it aside till the morning, as Moses commanded them, and it did not stink, and there were no worms in it.
You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm shall eat them.
if I say to the pit, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My mother,' or 'My sister,'
They lie down alike in the dust, and the worms cover them.
The womb forgets them; the worm finds them sweet; they are no longer remembered, so wickedness is broken like a tree.'
how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!"
how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!"
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are laid as a bed beneath you, and worms are your covers.
Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I am the one who helps you, declares the LORD; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations."
"And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."
But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered.
they shall lick the dust like a serpent, like the crawling things of the earth; they shall come trembling out of their strongholds; they shall turn in dread to the LORD our God, and they shall be in fear of 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 laid it aside till the morning, as Moses commanded them, and it did not stink, and there were no worms in it.
Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is a Sabbath, there will be none."
You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm shall eat them.
My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt; my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh.
Since you have closed their hearts to understanding, therefore you will not let them triumph.
And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God,
They lie down alike in the dust, and the worms cover them.
The womb forgets them; the worm finds them sweet; they are no longer remembered, so wickedness is broken like a tree.'
how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!"
For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations."
"And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."
But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered.
'where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.'
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.
And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God.
Hastings
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But they did not listen to Moses. Some left part of it till the morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.
But they did not listen to Moses. Some left part of it till the morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.
So they laid it aside till the morning, as Moses commanded them, and it did not stink, and there were no worms in it.
So they laid it aside till the morning, as Moses commanded them, and it did not stink, and there were no worms in it.
You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm shall eat them.
And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God,
They lie down alike in the dust, and the worms cover them.
The womb forgets them; the worm finds them sweet; they are no longer remembered, so wickedness is broken like a tree.'
how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!"
how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!"
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are laid as a bed beneath you, and worms are your covers.
Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are laid as a bed beneath you, and worms are your covers.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and they who dwell in it will die in like manner; but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will never be dismayed.
"And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."
But I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like dry rot to the house of Judah.
But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered.
they shall lick the dust like a serpent, like the crawling things of the earth; they shall come trembling out of their strongholds; they shall turn in dread to the LORD our God, and they shall be in fear of you.
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.
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. Some left part of it till the morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.
You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm shall eat them.
And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God,
They lie down alike in the dust, and the worms cover them.
The womb forgets them; the worm finds them sweet; they are no longer remembered, so wickedness is broken like a tree.'
There is none to guide her among all the sons she has borne; there is none to take her by the hand among all the sons she has brought up.
"And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."
'where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.'
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.
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. Some left part of it till the morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.
But they did not listen to Moses. Some left part of it till the morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.
So they laid it aside till the morning, as Moses commanded them, and it did not stink, and there were no worms in it.
You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm shall eat them.
You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm shall eat them.
My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt; my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh.
if I say to the pit, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My mother,' or 'My sister,'
They lie down alike in the dust, and the worms cover them.
The womb forgets them; the worm finds them sweet; they are no longer remembered, so wickedness is broken like a tree.'
how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!"
how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!"
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are laid as a bed beneath you, and worms are your covers.
Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are laid as a bed beneath you, and worms are your covers.
Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I am the one who helps you, declares the LORD; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations."
"And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."
But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered.
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
'where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.'
Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.