Wormwood
ἄψινθοςStrong’s G0894apsinthos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Apsinthos is the Greek word usually translated “wormwood”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “wormwood”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- wormwood 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ἄψινθος apsinthos · wormwood
ἄψινθος, -ου, ἡ (also ἀψίνθιον, τό; ἀψινθία, ἡ), wormwood: as a proper name, Rev.8:11.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wormwood” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WORMWOOD, noun
[G.]
A plant, the artemisia. It has a bitter nauseous taste; but it is stomachic and corroborant.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.