STRONGS NUMBER G894


Word Summary
apsinthos: wormwood
Original Word: ἄψινθος
Transliteration: apsinthos
Phonetic Spelling: (ap'-sin-thos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine; Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: wormwood
Meaning: Wormwood
Strong's Concordance
wormwood.

Of uncertain derivation; wormwood (as a type of bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) calamity) -- wormwood.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 894: ἄψινθος

ἄψινθος, ἀψινθου, , wormwood, Absinthe: Revelation 8:11; ἄψινθος ibid. is given as a proper name to the star which fell into the waters and made them bitter.