Poison

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  1. Heb. hemah, "heat," the poison of certain venomous reptiles (Deut 32:24, 33; Job 6:4; Ps 584), causing inflammation.
  2. Heb. rosh, "a head," a poisonous plant (Deut 29:18), growing luxuriantly (Hos 10:4), of a bitter taste (Ps 6921; Lam 3:5), and coupled with wormwood; probably the poppy. This word is rendered "gall", q.v., (Deut 29:18; 32:33; Ps 6921; Jer 8:14, etc.), "hemlock" (Hos 10:4; Amos 6:12), and "poison" (Job 20:16), "the poison of asps," showing that the rosh was not exclusively a vegetable poison.
  3. In Rom 3:13 (comp. Job 20:16; Ps 1403), James 3:8, as the rendering of the Greek ios.


This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.

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