What does ἄψινθος (ápsinthos) mean in the Bible?
ἄψινθος (ápsinthos) is a Greek word meaning "wormwood".
Greek · G894
ἄψινθος
Wormwood
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ἄψινθος G894
Pronunciation ápsinthos
What does ἄψινθος (ápsinthos) mean in the Bible?
ἄψινθος (ápsinthos) is a Greek word meaning "wormwood".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G894?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [bitter] like wormwood oil (1), Wormwood (1).
Where does ἄψινθος (ápsinthos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Revelation 8:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [bitter] like wormwood oil 1× Revelation 8:11
Wormwood 1× Revelation 8:11
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Revelation 8:11
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Revelation 2
Source forms
ἄψινθον 1x apsinthon Revelation 8:11
Ἄψινθος 1x Apsinthos Revelation 8:11
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Revelation 8:11
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Revelation 8:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. wormwood
Strong's G894
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
wormwood
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(also ἀψίνθιον, τό; ἀψινθία, ἡ), wormwood: as a proper name, Rev.8:11.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Revelation 8:11 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
Ἄψινθος· ayinqov
wormwood
Read verse Revelation 8:11 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἄψινθον, ayinqon
wormwood
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Rev 8:11 1×
Word Origins
ἄψινθος is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain