Smith's Bible Dictionary
Hemlockthe common ground or dwarf hemlock, a bitter, poisonous plant. The Hebrew rosh is rendered "hemlock" in two passages, (Hosea 10:4; Amos 6:12) but elsewhere "gall." [GALL] (It is possible that the plant is rather the poppy than an hemlock. --Cook.)
ATS Bible Dictionary
HemlockHosea 10:4 Am 6:12, in Hebrew, ROSH, usually translated gall or bitterness, De 32:32, and mentioned in connection with wormwood, De 29:18 Jeremiah 9:15 23:15 La 3:19. It indicates some wild, bitter, and noxious plant, which it is difficult to determine. According to some it is the poisonous hemlock, while others consider it to be the poppy.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
HEMLOCKhem'-lock.
See GALL.
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(1.) Hebrews rosh (Hosea 10:4; rendered "gall" in Deuteronomy 29:18; 32:32; Psalm 69:21; Jeremiah 9:15; 23:15; "poison, " Job 20:16; "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.) Hebrews la'anah, generally rendered "wormwood" (q.v.), Deuteronomy 29:18, Text 17; 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, bulbifera, and virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See
Conium.
2. (n.) An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies, / Tsuga, Canadensis); hemlock spruce.
3. (n.) The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.
Strong's Hebrew
3939. laanah -- wormwood... hemlock, wormwood. From an unused root supposed to mean to curse; wormwood (regarded
as poisonous, and therefore accursed) --
hemlock, wormwood. << 3938, 3939.
... /hebrew/3939.htm - 6k 7219. rosh -- (bitter and poisonous herb) venom
... poisoned (2), poisonous (2), poisonous weeds (1). gall, hemlock, poison,
venom. Or rowsh (Deut. 32:32) {roshe}; apparently the same ...
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