ἄψινθος

apsinthos · Wormwood

Greek word · Strong’s number G894 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

apsinthos (ἄψινθος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Wormwood”.

A very bitter plant; in Revelation, the name of a star.

How to say it

ap·sin·thos

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A very bitter plant; here, the name of a star that turns the waters bitter.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Where it appears

  • Revelation 8:11

    And the name of the star is called Wormwood. And a third of the waters became wormwood, and many of the people died from the waters, because they had been made bitter.

And 1 more times.