H7415 - רִמָּה (rimmâh)

H7415 רִמָּה (rimmâh) rim-maw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

worm

Strong's Definition

a maggot (as rapidly bred), literally or figuratively

Derivation: from H7426 (רָמַם) in the sense of breeding (compare H7311 (רוּם));

KJV Usage: worm.

TWOT Reference: 2175a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) maggot, worm (as cause and sign of decay)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4663

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

maggot, worm (as cause and sign of decay)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רִמָּה rimmâh BDB Definition: 1) maggot, worm (as cause and sign of decay) Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7426 in the sense of breeding [compare H7311] Same Word by TWOT Number: 2175a Total KJV Occurrences: 7

Bible Occurrences (7)

16:24

7:5 17:14 21:26 24:20 25:6

14:11

Exodus 16:24

So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell [or] contain... any maggots.

Job 7:5

My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.

Job 17:14

and say to corruption, You [are] my father, and to the worm, My mother, or ‘My sister,

Job 21:26

But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them [both].

Job 24:20

The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.

Job 25:6

how much less... man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!

Isaiah 14:11

Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed... and worms your blanket.