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American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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Hosea 10:4 Amos 6:12 , in Hebrew, ROSH, usually translated gall or bitterness, Deuteronomy 32:32 , and mentioned in connection with wormwood, Deuteronomy 29:18 Jeremiah 9:15 23:15 Lamentations 3:19 . It indicates some wild, bitter, and noxious plant, which it is difficult to determine. According to some it is the poisonous hemlock, while others consider it to be the poppy.

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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Hemlock'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ats/​h/hemlock.html. 1859.
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