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Worm
        (1.) Heb. sas (Isa. 51:8), denotes the caterpillar of the
        clothes-moth.
        (2.) The manna bred worms (tola'im), but on the Sabbath there
        was not any worm (rimmah) therein (Ex. 16:20, 24). Here these
        words refer to caterpillars or larvae, which feed on corrupting
        matter.
        These two Hebrew words appear to be interchangeable (Job 25:6;
        Isa. 14:11). Tola'im in some places denotes the caterpillar
        (Deut. 28:39; Jonah 4:7), and rimmah, the larvae, as bred from
        putridity (Job 17:14; 21:26; 24:20). In Micah 7:17, where it is
        said, "They shall move out of their holes like worms," perhaps
        serpents or "creeping things," or as in the Revised Version,
        "crawling things," are meant.
        The word is used figuratively in Job 25:6; Ps. 22:6; Isa.
        41:14; Mark 9:44, 46, 48; Isa. 66:24.
Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. M.A., D.D., "Definition for 'Worm' Eastons Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Eastons; 1897.

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