- Original: ἄψινθος - Transliteration: Apsinthos - Phonetic: ap'-sin-thos - Definition: 1. wormwood 2. the name of a star which fell into the waters and made them bitter - Origin: of uncertain derivation - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Of uncertain derivation; wormwood (as a type of bitterness that is [figuratively] calamity): - wormwood. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • wormwood, 2 Revelation 8:11(2)