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WORMWOOD

Any of several species of a shrublike plant of the genus Artemisia, known for its bitter taste (LXX “bitterness”). Biblical references to the plant (Heb. laʿănâ; Gk. ápsinthos) are metaphors for bitterness and sorrow, evoking the unfortunate circumstances including warning against an illicit affair with an unprincipled woman (Prov. 5:4), the bitterness of God’s judgment on sin (Jer. 9:15[MT 14]), judgment, subjugation, and homelessness (Lam. 3:15, 19), and injustice (Amos 5:7; 6:12). Wormwood is sometimes used with “gall” (Lam. 3:1; cf. Deut. 29:18[17]; Jer. 9:15; 23:15; NRSV “poisonous water”). In the book of Revelation a star named Wormwood falls from the heavens and turns one third of the inland waters bitter and poisonous, causing many to die (Rev. 8:10-11).

T. J. Jenney






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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