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This Bible Dictionary presents in a clear, concise way all Biblical and pertinent extra-Biblical information available concerning individuals, countries, places, objects, and concepts mentioned in the Bible, and to convey the meaning of the underlying Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek terms. It also includes a few articles on non-Biblical subjects because frequent references are made to such subjects as...

Worm. Small invertebrate animals that have boneless, limbless bodies consisting of a number of movable joints. Several Hebrew and Greek words designating various kinds of worms are found in the Bible, although the same word may be used for more than one kind of worm or maggot. The following terms are thus translated: 1. The Heb. tôla‘ath, tôle‘ah, tôla‘ In Ex 16:20 the maggot found in putrid manna is described; and in Is 14:11 and 66:24, maggots feeding on corpses. In Deut 28:39 and perhaps also
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