noun · masculine
apsinthos
GreekἌψινθος (apsinthos)
Strong’sG894
Wormwood
stem apsinth-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† ἄψινθος, -ου, ἡ
(also ἀψίνθιον, τό; ἀψινθία, ἡ),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G894 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidap'-sin-thos
wormwood (as a type of bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) calamity)
Fromof uncertain derivation;
King Jameswormwood.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | apsinthos1×Ἄψινθος | apsinthois |
| object accusative | apsinthon | apsinthoin |
| direct address vocative | apsinthor | apsinthoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | apsinthou | apsinthoiu |
| to, for dative | apsintho | apsinthoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
apsintho is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
apsinthos“wormwood”subjectnominative singular1×
Revelation 8:11“wormwood”kai tem onomem tou astērou legitō; tos Apsinthos. kai gineta tem tritem teiu hudōreiu eis apsinthan, kai pollois toiu anthrōpoiu apothnēskala ek teiu hudōreiu, hoti pikrainila.The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters.