Topic
Worm
20 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 16:20Easton · Smith · Nave General scriptures concerning
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
- Isaiah 66:24Easton · Smith · Nave FIGURATIVE
And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
- Mark 9:44Easton · Smith · Nave FIGURATIVE — Of remorse
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
- Mark 9:46Easton · Smith · Nave FIGURATIVE — Of remorse
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
- Mark 9:48Easton · Smith · Nave FIGURATIVE — Of remorse
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
- Exodus 16:24Easton · Nave General scriptures concerning
And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
- Deuteronomy 28:39Easton · Smith
Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
- Job 21:26Easton · Smith
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
- Job 24:20Easton · Smith
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
- Job 25:6Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
- Isaiah 41:14Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
- Jonah 4:7Easton · Nave General scriptures concerning
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
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- Acts 12:23 Smith · Nave Herod Agrippa I was eaten by, (Josephus confirmed this)
- Job 17:14 Easton
- Job 19:26 Smith
- Psalms 22:6 Easton
- Isaiah 14:11 Easton
- Isaiah 51:8 Easton
- Isaiah 51:18 Smith
- Micah 7:17 Easton
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 18 references
(1.) Heb. sas (Isa. 51:8), denotes the caterpillar of the clothes-moth.
(2.) The manna bred worms (tola’im), but on the Sabbath there was not any worm (rimmah) therein (Ex. 16:20, 24). Here these words refer to caterpillars or larvae, which feed on corrupting matter.
These two Hebrew words appear to be interchangeable (Job 25:6; Isa. 14:11). Tola’im in some places denotes the caterpillar (Deut. 28:39; Jonah 4:7), and rimmah, the larvae, as bred from putridity (Job 17:14; 21:26; 24:20). In Micah 7:17, where it is said, “They shall move out of their holes like worms,” perhaps serpents or “creeping things,” or as in the Revised Version, “crawling things,” are meant.
The word is used figuratively in Job 25:6; Ps. 22:6; Isa. 41:14; Mark 9:44, 46, 48; Isa. 66:24.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 11 references
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); 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.