Lexical Summary apsinthos: wormwood Original Word: ἄψινθοςTransliteration: apsinthos Phonetic Spelling: (ap'-sin-thos) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine; Noun, Masculine Short Definition: wormwood Meaning: Wormwood Strong's Concordance wormwood. Of uncertain derivation; wormwood (as a type of bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) calamity) -- wormwood. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 894: ἄψινθοςἄψινθος, ἀψινθου, ἡ, wormwood, Absinthe: Revelation 8:11; ἄψινθος ibid. is given as a proper name to the star which fell into the waters and made them bitter. |
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