Encyclopedia entry
Poison
Disambiguation
The source enumerates 3 distinct subjects under Poison. Jump to one below, or read in order.
Poison (1)
#Heb. hemah, “heat,” the poison of certain venomous reptiles (Deut. 32:24, 33; Job 6:4; Ps. 58:4), causing inflammation.
Poison (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.
Poison (3)
#In Rom. 3:13 (comp. Job 20:16; Ps. 140:3), James 3:8, as the rendering of the Greek ios.
In the Bible
10
Verses where Poison is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Amos 6:12
“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
- Deuteronomy 32:24
They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.
- Deuteronomy 32:33
Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
- James 3:8
but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
- Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
- Job 20:16
He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
+4 more verses naming Poison.
Scripture on Poison
14
Voices on Poison
24
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
![The Poison of Pride. Daniel 4:1-18. [Sermon]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MA4WV0i0EEM/hqdefault.jpg)
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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