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Jer 9:15 I will feed this people
Amo 6:12 converted .. the fruit of righteousness into a?
Rev 8:11 and the name of the star is A
Wormwood (Heb. la anâh; Gr. ápsinthos). Bitter and poisonous plant, probably of the genus Compositae, of which there are several varieties in Palestine. They are woody plants, with a strong aromatic odor and a bitter taste (Pro 5:4). Undiluted juice is harmful (Rev 8:10, 11). Biblical writers followed the Eastern custom of symbolizing disappointment, calamity, and distress with plants of this nature (Jer 9:15; 23:15; Lam 3:15, 19). Other passages where wormwood is mentioned: Deu 29:18; I love 5:7; 6:12; Mat 27:34 For Hos 10:4 and Act 8:23 see Gall; Poison. Bib.: PB 48-50.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
Latin absinthium. Wild, compound, perennial, aromatic plant with a bitter taste. In the Holy Scriptures this word is used to mean bitterness, gall, disappointment, injustice, or it is translated with one of these meanings, Dt 29, 18 and 32, 32; pr 5, 4; Jr 9, 15 and 23, 15; Jr 9, 14 and 23. 15; Lm 3, 15 and 19; Am 5, 7 and 6, 12; Rev 8, 11.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
see PLANTS
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
Shrub with a bad smell and taste, probably used as a purgative. The A. it is a symbol of bitterness, especially that which comes as judgment (Lam 3:15). The end of an illicit relationship with a woman “is bitter as the a.” (Pro 5:4). Those who manipulate justice turn it into a. (Master 5:7). Revelation speaks of a star that will fall on the sea and turn it into a. (Rev 8:10-11) as part of the divine judgment at the end of time. Scientific name: Conium maculatum †¢Plants of the Bible.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
tip, ESCA TYPE FLOWER (Heb. “Iaanah”; Gr. “apsinthos”). It appears in the Scriptures only in a metaphorical sense. Turning to idolatry is compared to a root that yields gall and wormwood (Deut. 29:18). There were those who turned judgment into absinthe; this probably alludes to unjust judges (Am. 5:7). Because of the wickedness of his people, God was going to give them wormwood for food and gall for drink (Jer. 9:15; 23:15). Jeremiah, lamenting the condition of Israel, compared it to being drunk with wormwood. At the sound of the third trumpet of the Apocalypse, a star named Wormwood fell from heaven, turning a third of the earth’s waters into wormwood, causing the death of many (Rev. 8:10, 11). There are several species in Palestine: the “Artemisia absinthium” and the “A. chinensis” are the commercial wormwood.
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
(Heb. la·`anah; Gr. a·psin·thos).
Common name of herbaceous and aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia, which usually have an extremely bitter taste. Various varieties of wormwood have been found in Palestine, especially in desert areas. The most common is Artemisia herba-alba, a small bush that reaches about 40 cm. Tall. In the Bible, wormwood is compared to the consequences of immorality (Pr 5:4) and to the bitter experience that was to and did come to Judah and Jerusalem at the hands of the Babylonians. (Jer 9:15; 23:15; Lam 3:15, 19) It also represents the lack of right and justice (Am 5:7; 6:12), and is used with reference to apostates. (De 29:18) At Revelation 8:11 wormwood—also called absinthe—denotes a bitter and poisonous substance.
Source: Dictionary of the Bible
apsinthos (a[yinqo”894)(Spanishabsinthe)abitterandpoisonousplantthatgrowsindesertplacesissuggestiveofcalamities(Lam3:15)andinjustice(Am5.7).ItisusedtwiceinRev8:11inthefirstpartasapropername.¶
Source: Vine New Testament Dictionary
(Hebrew Laanah)
Wormwood, known for its repulsive bitterness (Jer. 9,14; 23,15; Deut. 29,17; Lam. 3,15.19; Prov. 5,4). He symbolically represents a curse or calamity (Lam. 3,15), or also injustice (Amos 5,7; 6,12). In Revelation 8:11, the Greek equivalent ho apsinthos is given as a proper name to the star that entered the waters and turned them bitter. The Vulgate interprets the Hebrew expression by absinthe, except in Deut. 29,17, where he translates it as bitter. It seems that the Biblical wormwood is identical with Artemisia monosperma (Delile), or Artemisia herba-alba (Asso); or, again, the Artemisia Judaica Linné.
Bibliography: HAGEN, Lexicon Biblicum (Paris, 1905); VIGOUROUX, in Dict. of the Bible (Paris, 1895); TRISTAM, Natural History of the Bible (London, 1889).
Source: Maas, Anthony. “Absinthe.” The Catholic Encyclopaedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01060b.htm
Translated by Giovanni E. Reyes. LHM
Source: Catholic Encyclopedia