What does "Worm" mean in the Bible?
Several Hebrew words are thus translated which seem to designate indefinitely caterpillars or maggots, either as destructive, as loathsome, or as helpless and insignificant. Worm appears in 5 verses across 4 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Worm?
WORM. Several Hebrew words are thus translated which seem to designate indefinitely caterpillars or maggots, either as destructive, as loathsome, or as helpless and insignificant. For the larva of the clothes-moth, evidently mentioned in Isa 51:8, see Moth. In Mic 7:17, "worm" should be "serpent" or "reptile." From the circumstance that maggots are found in putrefying flesh, we have the figurative expressions in Job 19:26; Job 21:26; Job 24:20; Isa 14:11. Owing to the constant accumulation of filth and putrefaction in a valley near Jerusalem it was always alive with worms, and fires were maintained day and night to consume the sources of pestilence. Hence the allusion Isa 66:24; Mark 9:44, 1 Chr 2:46, Gen 24:48. At an advanced stage of some diseases worms are bred in the flesh from the eggs of the insect. Job 7:5; Ex 17:14; Acts 12:23. The meanness of these creatures, and their liability to be trodden under foot, afford the illustrations in Job 25:6; Ps 22:6; Isa 41:14.
Definition text: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible · 1898. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Hebrew word for Worm?
Where does Worm appear in the Bible?
Worm is referenced in 5 verses across 4 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- Isaiah 41:14
- Isaiah 66:24
- Job 25:6
- Jonah 4:7
- Psalms 22:6
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Worm.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Worm?
Worm appears in 5 verses across 4 books, most often in Isaiah, which accounts for 2 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Worm?
Isaiah, Job, Jonah, Psalms.
Where can I read every verse about Worm?
This page lists 5 of them. Protos carries all 5, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
