Word Study · Strong's G894 · Greek
ἄψινθος
apsinthos
ap'-sin-thos
Strong's 1890 spelling: ápsinthos
“wormwood (as a type of bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) calamity)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
wormwood (as a type of bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) calamity)
Rendered in the KJV as
wormwood.
- 2occurrencesin the New Testament
- 1 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- ἄψινθον,1
- Ἄψινθος·1
How it is rendered · 2
- wormwood,1
- Wormwood;1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1
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- N-ASM · 1
- N-NSM-T · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Revelation2 occurrences
- Revelation 8:11Ἄψινθος·apsinthosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThe name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters.here: Wormwood;
- Revelation 8:11ἄψινθον,apsinthonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularThe name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters.here: wormwood,