A small, soft, legless creature that eats decaying food.
About Worm
A worm is a small, soft-bodied creature. In the Bible, the word usually means insect larvae, often maggots (the young of flies).
Maggots are mentioned in stories where they feed on:
Key References
So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.
Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
where ‘their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.’
All Scripture References (16)
Exodus (2)
But they did not listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it became infested with maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.
So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.
Deuteronomy (1)
You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.
Job (5)
My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.
how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
Psalms (1)
All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
Isaiah (3)
Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
Do not fear, O Jacob, you worm, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”
Jonah (1)
When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
Mark (2)
where ‘their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.’
they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”
Acts (1)
Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.