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  2. Wormwood (Bible) - Wikipedia

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    A number of Bible scholars consider the term Worm ' to be a purely symbolic representation of the bitterness that will fill the earth during troubled times, noting that the plant for which Wormwood is named, Artemisia absinthium, or Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris, is a known biblical metaphor for things that are unpalatably bitter. [13] [14] [15] [16]

  3. Solomon's shamir - Wikipedia

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    According to the Asmodeus legend from the Talmud (Tractate Gittin 68a-b), the location of the Shamir was told to King Solomon by Asmodeus, whom Solomon captured. Asmodeus was captured by Benaiah ben Jehoiada, [4] who captured the demon king by pouring wine into Asmodeus' well, making him drunk, and wrapping him in chains that were engraved with a sacred name of God.

  4. Tola (biblical figure) - Wikipedia

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    According to the Bible, Tola (Hebrew: תּוֹלָע, Modern: Tōlaʿ, Tiberian: Tōlāʿ ‍) was one of the Judges of Israel. His career is summarised in Judges 10:1-2. He judged Israel for 23 years after Abimelech died. He lived at Shamir in Mount Ephraim, where he was also buried. His name means "Crimson worm" or "scarlet stuff."

  5. Worm theology - Wikipedia

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    Worm theology is the idea in Christian culture that in light of God's holiness and power an appropriate emotion is a humble view of self. [citation needed] The name may be attributed to a line in the Isaac Watts hymn Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed (Pub 1707) [1] which says "Would he devote that sacred head for such a worm as I?" Furthermore ...

  6. Animals in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Moth — Is in the D.V. besides Is., xiv, 11, where it stands for rímmah, "worms", the common rendering for two words: 'ãsh (Job 4:19), and sãs (Isaiah 51:8), the exact meaning of the former is uncertain, whereas by the latter the clothes moth is meant. Mouflon — See §§ Chamois and Camelopardalis.

  7. Wormwood: Curious Stories from the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Wormwood: Curious Stories from the Bible is a concept album released in 1998 by American art rock band The Residents. The album's purpose is to retell some of the more "curious" stories in the Bible , not to condemn the stories, but to give a greater understanding to them.

  8. Kikayon - Wikipedia

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    6 And the L ORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his evil. So Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd. 7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered. 8 And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that ...

  9. God in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    [52] [53] The Bible usually uses the name of God in the singular (e.g., Exodus 20:7 [54] or Psalms 8:1), [55] generally using the terms in a very general sense rather than referring to any special designation of God. [56] However, general references to the name of God may branch to other special forms which express his multifaceted attributes. [56]