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Lexicon :: Strong's H3939 - laʿănâ

Aa
לַעֲנָה
Transliteration
laʿănâ
Pronunciation
lah-an-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root supposed to mean to curse
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TWOT Reference: 1121

Strong’s Definitions

לַעֲנָה laʻănâh, lah-an-aw'; from an unused root supposed to mean to curse; wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed):—hemlock, wormwood.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H3939 in the following manner: wormwood (7x), hemlock (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H3939 in the following manner: wormwood (7x), hemlock (1x).

  1. wormwood

    1. bitterness (metaph.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לַעֲנָה laʻănâh, lah-an-aw'; from an unused root supposed to mean to curse; wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed):—hemlock, wormwood.
STRONGS H3939: Abbreviations
† לַעֲנָה noun feminine wormwood (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic bdb054203 is curse (verb bdb054204 id.), so Nabataean לצנת (verb לען) compare CookGlossary); — only figurative of bitter things: — of perverted justice, Amos 5:7; Amos 6:12 (|| ראֹשׁ; of result of idolatry, Deuteronomy 29:17 (|| id.); of י׳'s chastisement Jeremiah 9:14 (|| מֵ֯ירֿאֹשׁ, Jeremiah 23:15 (|| id.), Lamentations 3:15 (|| מְרוֺרִים), Lamentations 3:19 (|| ראֹשׁ); simile of bitter (מָרָה) result of intercourse with strange woman Proverbs 5:4. — On wormwood (Artemisia absinthium, etc., Greek ἀψίθιον) compare Löw80f. 401, 421 TristrNat, Hist. Bib. 493.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

29:17

Proverbs

5:4

Jeremiah

9:14; 23:15

Lamentations

3:15; 3:19

Amos

5:7; 6:12

H3939

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3939 matches the Hebrew לַעֲנָה (laʿănâ),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - So that there may not be among you any man or woman or family or tribe whose heart is turned away from the Lord our God today, to go after other gods and give them worship; or any root among you whose fruit is poison and bitter sorrow;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:4 - But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:15 - So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, I will give them, even this people, bitter plants for food and bitter water for drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:15 - So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the prophets: See, I will give them a bitter plant for their food, and bitter water for their drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem unclean behaviour has gone out into all the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:15 - He has made my life nothing but pain, he has given me the bitter root in full measure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:19 - Keep in mind my trouble and my wandering, the bitter root and the poison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:7 - You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:12 - Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?
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