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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brimstone \Brim"stone\, n. [OE. brimston, bremston bernston brenston; cf Icel. brennistein See {Burn}, v. t., and {Stone}.] Sulphur; See {Sulphur}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brimstone \Brim"stone\, a. Made of or pertaining to brimstone; as brimstone matches. From his brimstone bed at break of day A-walking the devil has gone. --Coleridge. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: brimstone n : an old name for sulfur [syn: {native sulfur}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Brimstone an inflammable mineral substance found in quantities on the shores of the Dead Sea. The cities of the plain were destroyed by a rain of fire and brimstone (Gen. 19:24, 25). In Isa. 34:9 allusion is made to the destruction of these cities. This word figuratively denotes destruction or punishment (Job 18:15; Isa. 30:33; 34:9; Ps 11:6; Ezek. 38:22). It is used to express the idea of excruciating torment in Rev. 14:10; 19:20; 20:10.
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