'Brimstone' definitions:
Definition of 'brimstone'
(from WordNet)
noun
An old name for sulfur [syn: brimstone, native sulfur, native sulphur]
Definition of 'Brimstone'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Brimstone'
From: GCIDE
- Brimstone \Brim"stone\, a. Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches. [1913 Webster]
- From his brimstone bed at break of day A-walking the devil has gone. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'brimstone'
From: 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.