Topic
Hemlock
11 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Hosea 10:4Easton · Smith · Nave A poisonous and bitter plant
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
- Amos 6:12Easton · Smith · Nave A poisonous and bitter plant
¶ Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
- Deuteronomy 29:18Easton
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;
- Deuteronomy 32:32Easton
For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
- Deuteronomy 32:33Easton
Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
- Job 20:16Easton
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
- Psalms 69:21Easton
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
- Proverbs 5:4Easton
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
- Jeremiah 9:15Easton
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.
- Jeremiah 23:15Easton
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.
- Lamentations 3:19Easton
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 15 references
(1.) Heb. rosh (Hos. 10:4; rendered “gall” in Deut. 29:18; 32:32; Ps. 69:21; Jer. 9:15; 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.).
(2.) Heb. la’anah, generally rendered “wormwood” (q.v.), Deut. 29:18, Text 17; Prov. 5:4; Jer. 9:15; 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.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 2 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
hem'-lock.
See GALL.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.