Bible Dictionary: Poisonous

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful; corrupting; noxious.

Greek

2191. echidna -- a viper
... snake, viper. 2191 -- properly, a poisonous snake; (figuratively) incisive
words that deliver , with the use of blasphemy. This ...
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2286. thanasimos -- deadly
... Word Origin from thanatos Definition deadly NASB Word Usage deadly (1). deadly.
From thanatos; fatal, ie Poisonous -- deadly. see GREEK thanatos. ...
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5594. psucho -- to breathe, blow, to make cool
... with cool air" (Zod, ); (figuratively) "to breathe cool by blowing, to grow cold,
'spiritual energy blighted or chilled by a malign or poisonous wind' " (M ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7219. rosh -- (bitter and poisonous herb) venom
... 7218, 7219. rosh or rosh. 7220 . (bitter and poisonous herb) venom.
Transliteration: rosh or rosh Phonetic Spelling: (roshe) Short Definition: poison. ...
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8314. saraph -- fiery serpent
... From saraph; burning, ie (figuratively) poisonous (serpent); specifically, a saraph
or symbolical creature (from their copper color) -- fiery (serpent), seraph ...
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4815. meriri -- bitter
... Word Origin from marar Definition bitter NASB Word Usage bitter (1). bitter. From
marar; bitter, ie Poisonous -- bitter. see HEBREW marar. 4814, 4815. ...
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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. ...
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Library

When Herod Made Inquiry About Pheroras's Death a Discovery was ...
... CHAPTER 30. When Herod Made Inquiry About Pheroras's Death A Discovery Was
Made That Antipater Had Prepared A Poisonous Draught For Him. ...
/.../chapter 30 when herod made.htm

Rufinus's Epilogue to Pamphilus the Martyr's Apology for Origen
... made it his object to falsify the words of God and twist them from their true meaning,
and subtilely to interpolate among them his own poisonous ideas, so he ...
/.../rufinuss epilogue to pamphilus the.htm

Our Death.
... Left unburied in a house, the poisonous gases of dissolution breed malignant
fevers and cause death to the inhabitants and the community. ...
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Everything that is Useless or Hurtful is Rejected.
... into contact with a stronger power, but easily destroys that which is overcome by
it, and is converted into hurtful humours and poisonous qualities, because ...
/.../chapter vi everything that is useless.htm

Suffocated Trees
... they have become discouraged and wilted, and if you and I could dig down into their
lives we should probably find something like that poisonous gas which has ...
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Back to Eden.
... vegetation. Before the healing light and heat the poisonous growth, the
blight of drought and of untempered heat disappear. There ...
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The Little Chamber on the Wall.
... God gave him. He changed the waters of Jericho, so that they were no longer
poisonous, by casting salt in the spring. He brought ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xxviii the little chamber.htm

Of the Death of the Martyrs Considered as a Sacrifice, and in what ...
... He who destroys a poisonous animal, or lulls it to sleep with charms, or by any
means deprives it of its venom, he does good to many who would otherwise have ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of john/36 of the death of.htm

Evil is not a Substance, but a Disagreement Hostile to Substance.
... But because disagreement is an evil, what she did was to make the poisonous
matter agree with her own body by a process of habituation. ...
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A Farther Quotation from virgilius Maro Respecting Christ, with ...
... The serpent's brood shall die; the sacred ground. Shall weeds and poisonous plants
refuse to bear; ... Truly, then, the poisonous race may be said to be extinct. ...
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Thesaurus

Poisonous (8 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Poisonous (8 Occurrences). Matthew 7:17 Just so every
good tree produces good fruit, but a poisonous tree produces bad fruit. (WEY). ...
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Poison (17 Occurrences)
... (2.) Hebrews rosh, "a head," a poisonous plant (Deuteronomy 29:18 ...Poisonous waters
are referred to at Marah (Exodus 15:23) and Jericho (2 Kings 2:19). ...
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Asp (3 Occurrences)
... (Hebrews pethen), Deuteronomy 32:33; Job 20:14, 16; Isaiah 11:8. It was probably
the Egyptian cobra (Naja haje), which was very poisonous (Romans 3:13; Gr. ...
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Adder (9 Occurrences)
... used for several Hebrew originals. In each case a poisonous serpent is
clearly indicated by the context. It is impossible to tell ...
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Serpent (40 Occurrences)
... The poisonous character of the serpent is alluded to in Jacob's blessing on Dan
(Genesis 49:17; see Proverbs 30:18, 19; James 3:7; Jeremiah 8:17). (see ADDER.). ...
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Viper (8 Occurrences)
... rendered. The Hebrew word, however, probably denotes a species of poisonous
serpents known by the Arabic name of `el ephah. Tristram ...
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Gourd (4 Occurrences)
... (2.) Wild gourds (2 Kings 4:38-40), Hebrews pakkuoth, belong to the family
of the cucumber-like plants, some of which are poisonous. ...
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Gall (17 Occurrences)
... In Hosea 10:4 the Hebrew word is rendered "hemlock." The original probably denotes
some bitter, poisonous plant, most probably the poppy, which grows up quickly ...
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Lizard (3 Occurrences)
... Although perfectly harmless, it is believed to be poisonous, and is much
feared. It is called abu-brais, "father of leprosy," either ...
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Grant (87 Occurrences)
... Matthew 12:33 "Either grant the tree to be wholesome and its fruit wholesome, or
the tree poisonous and its fruit poisonous; for the tree is known by its fruit ...
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Bible Concordance

Poisonous (8 Occurrences)

Matthew 7:17 Just so every good tree produces good fruit, but a poisonous tree produces bad fruit.
(WEY)

Matthew 7:18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a poisonous tree good fruit.
(WEY)

Matthew 12:33 "Either grant the tree to be wholesome and its fruit wholesome, or the tree poisonous and its fruit poisonous; for the tree is known by its fruit.
(WEY)

Deuteronomy 29:18 lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from Yahweh our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood;
(See NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 32:24 They shall be consumed with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, And with poisonous pestilence; And the teeth of beasts will I send against them, With the poison of what crawleth in the dust.
(DBY RSV)

Jeremiah 9:15 therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 23:15 Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land.
(See NAS)

Hosea 10:4 They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
(WEB YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Poisonous

Related Terms

Poison (17 Occurrences)

Asp (3 Occurrences)

Adder (9 Occurrences)

Serpent (40 Occurrences)

Viper (8 Occurrences)

Gourd (4 Occurrences)

Gall (17 Occurrences)

Lizard (3 Occurrences)

Grant (87 Occurrences)