Bible Study on “Poison”

Meaning of “Poison”

  1. Poison — (1.) Heb. hemah, "heat," the poison of certain venomous reptiles (Deut. 32:24, 33; Job 6:4; Ps. 58:4), causing inflammation. (2.) Heb. rosh, "a head," a poisonous plant (Deut. 29:18), growing luxuriantly (Hos. 10:4), of a bitter taste (Ps. 69:21; Lam. 3:5), and coupled with wormwood; probably the poppy. This word is rendered "gall", q.v., (Deut. 29:18; 32:33; Ps. 69:21; 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. 140:3), James 3:8, as the rendering of the Greek ios.

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  1. Deuteronomy Chapter 32 Verse 33 — Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

  2. Deuteronomy Chapter 32 Verse 24 — They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

  3. Job Chapter 6 Verse 4 — For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

  4. Job Chapter 20 Verse 16 — He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

  5. Psalms Chapter 58 Verse 4 — Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

  6. Psalms Chapter 140 Verse 3 — They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

  7. Romans Chapter 3 Verse 13 — Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

  8. James Chapter 3 Verse 8 — But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

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