the general name in Scripture for little creeping insects. Several
kinds are spoken of: 1. Those that breed in putrefied bodies, רמה, Exod.
xvi, 20, 24; Job vii, 5; xvii, 14; xxi, 26; xxiv, 20; xxv, 6; Isa. xiv,
11; σκώληξ, Ecclus. vii, 17; x, 11; 1 Mac. ii, 62; 2 Mac. ix, 9; Judith
xvi, 17; Mark ix, 44, 46, 48; Acts xii, 23. 2. That which eats woollen
garments, סס, Isa. li, 8; σὴς, Matt. vi, 19, 20; Luke xii, 33. 3. That
which, perforating the leaves and bark of trees, causes the little
excrescences called _kermes_, whence is made a crimson dye, תולע, Deut.
xxviii, 39; Job xxv, 6; Psalm xxii, 6; Isa. xiv, 11; xii, 14; lxvi, 24;
Exod. xvi, 20; Jonah iv, 7. 4. The worm destructive of the vines,
referred to in Deut. xxviii, 39; which was the _pyralis vitanæ_, or
_pyralis fasciana_, of Forskal, the vine weevil, a small insect
extremely hurtful to the vines.
kinds are spoken of: 1. Those that breed in putrefied bodies, רמה, Exod.
xvi, 20, 24; Job vii, 5; xvii, 14; xxi, 26; xxiv, 20; xxv, 6; Isa. xiv,
11; σκώληξ, Ecclus. vii, 17; x, 11; 1 Mac. ii, 62; 2 Mac. ix, 9; Judith
xvi, 17; Mark ix, 44, 46, 48; Acts xii, 23. 2. That which eats woollen
garments, סס, Isa. li, 8; σὴς, Matt. vi, 19, 20; Luke xii, 33. 3. That
which, perforating the leaves and bark of trees, causes the little
excrescences called _kermes_, whence is made a crimson dye, תולע, Deut.
xxviii, 39; Job xxv, 6; Psalm xxii, 6; Isa. xiv, 11; xii, 14; lxvi, 24;
Exod. xvi, 20; Jonah iv, 7. 4. The worm destructive of the vines,
referred to in Deut. xxviii, 39; which was the _pyralis vitanæ_, or
_pyralis fasciana_, of Forskal, the vine weevil, a small insect
extremely hurtful to the vines.