Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H7415: רִמָּה

rimmâh · pronounced rim-maw' · “worm”

Definition

a maggot (as rapidly bred), literally or figuratively

KJV translates it as: worm.

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

Extended definition

maggot, worm (as cause and sign of decay)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H7415 is translated

  • a maggot ×3
  • maggots ×3
  • maggot ×1

Bible verses with H7415 (rimmâh)

Rimmâh appears in 7 verses.

  • Exodus 16:24

    And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.

  • Job 7:5

    My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

  • Job 17:14

    I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

  • Job 21:26

    They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

  • Job 24:20

    The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

  • Job 25:6

    How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

  • Isaiah 14:11

    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.