Easton's Bible Dictionary The following is the results of your search for hemlock .
Relevant Searches Nave's Topical Bible Hemlock
Hemlock: 1. Heb. rosh
(Hosea 10:4 ) rendered
a. "gall" in
(Deuteronomy 29:18; 32:32; Psalms 69:21; Jeremiah 9:15; 23:15 )
b. "poison,"
(Job 20:16 )
c. "venom,"
(Deuteronomy 32:33 )
"Rosh is the name of some poisonous plant which grows quickly and
luxuriantly; of a bitter taste, and therefore coupled with wormwood(Deuteronomy 29:18; Lamentations 3:19 ) Hence it would seem to be not the hemlock
cicuta, nor the colocynth or wild gourd, nor lolium darnel, but the
poppy so called from its heads" (Gesenius, Lex.).
2. Heb. la'anah, generally rendered "wormwood" (q.v.),
(Deuteronomy 29:18 )
(Proverbs 5:4; Jeremiah 9:15; 23:15 ) Once it is rendered "hemlock"
(Amos 6:12 )
R.V., "wormwood". This Hebrew word is from a root meaning "to
curse," hence the accursed.
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