Hemlock
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- Heb. rosh (Hos 10:4; rendered "gall" in Deut 29:18; Deut 32:32; Ps 6921; Jer 9:15; Jer 23:15; "poison," Job 20:16; "venom," Deut 32:33). "Rosh is the name of some poisonous plant which grows quickly and luxuriantly; of a bitter taste, and therefore coupled with wormwood (Deut 29:18; Lam 3:19). Hence it would seem to be not the hemlock cicuta, nor the colocynth or wild gourd, nor lolium darnel, but the poppy so called from its heads" (Gesenius, Lex.).
- Heb. la'anah, generally rendered "wormwood", Deut 29:18, Text 17; Prov 5:4; Jer 9:15; Jer 23:15. Once it is rendered "hemlock" (Amos 6:12; R.V., "wormwood"). This Hebrew word is from a root meaning "to curse," hence the accursed.
This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.
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