Strong G894ἄψινθος
wormwood
- Transliteration
- apsinthos
- Pronunciation
- ap'-sin-thos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Of uncertain derivation; wormwood (as a type of bitterness that is [figuratively] calamity): - wormwood.
Detailed definition
ἄψινθος, -ου, ἡ
(also ἀψίνθιον, τό; ἀψινθία, ἡ),
wormwood: as a proper name, Rev.8:11.†
(AS)
(also ἀψίνθιον, τό; ἀψινθία, ἡ),
wormwood: as a proper name, Rev.8:11.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G894 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wormwood2
First verses
- Revelation 8:11And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: ἀψίνθ-ιον, τό,
wormwood, Artemisia Absinthium, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 3.11, “Mul.” 1.74, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.1, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.12.1, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.23; ἀψινθίῳ κατέπασας Ἀττικὸν μέλι 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 708)]:—also ἄψινθος, ἡ, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “χρονίων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.13, but ὁ, NT.Rev.8.11)]; and ἀψινθία, ἡ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor Trall. 1.10.)]
II ἀψίνθιον, ={ἀβρότονον}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.24.)]
II.2 = Artemisia monosperma, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aquila LXX.Pro.5.4.)]
II.3 ἀ. θαλάσσιον, ={σέριφον}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.23.)]
wormwood, Artemisia Absinthium, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 3.11, “Mul.” 1.74, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.1, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.12.1, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.23; ἀψινθίῳ κατέπασας Ἀττικὸν μέλι 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 708)]:—also ἄψινθος, ἡ, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “χρονίων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.13, but ὁ, NT.Rev.8.11)]; and ἀψινθία, ἡ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor Trall. 1.10.)]
II ἀψίνθιον, ={ἀβρότονον}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.24.)]
II.2 = Artemisia monosperma, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aquila LXX.Pro.5.4.)]
II.3 ἀ. θαλάσσιον, ={σέριφον}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.23.)]