9 occurrences in 13 translations

'Wormwood' in the Bible

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;

Verse ConceptsHuman WillFamilies, Nature OfFalse ConfidenceHeart, HumanParticipation, In SinPoisonRootsFruits Of SinBitter FoodBitterness

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.

Verse ConceptsPoisonRepulsive FoodBitter FoodDrugs

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.

Verse ConceptsPoisonBitter FoodWicked ProphetsBitternessprophets

Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

Verse ConceptsWanderersBitter Foodlonliness

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

Verse ConceptsBitter FoodNo JusticeBitterness

Do horses gallop on the cliffs;does anyone plow there with oxen?Yet you have turned justice into poisonand the fruit of righteousness into wormwood

Verse ConceptsPloughingPoisonTilling The SoilBitter FoodNo Justice

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.

Verse ConceptsBad WaterBitter WaterDeath Of Other GroupsBitternessEclipseSigns Of The End TimesEnd Times

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Wormwood (9 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
לענה 
La`anah 
Usage: 8

ἄψινθος 
Apsinthos 
Usage: 2

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