Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
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תּוֹלָע
H8438 · tôwlâʻ · to-law' · Hebrew
Strong’s definition
a maggot (as voracious); specifically (often with ellipsis of 8144) the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the color from it, and cloths dyed therewith
KJV usage
crimson, scarlet, worm.
KJV renderings in this mapping
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Mapped occurrences
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.