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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
Dictionary Aids

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 - Lest H6435 there should be H3426 among you man, H376 or H176 woman, H802 or H176 family, H4940 or H176 tribe, H7626 whose H834 heart H3824 turneth away H6437 this day H3117 from H5973 the LORD H3068 our God, H430 to go H3212 and serve H5647 the gods H430 of H1471➔ these H1992 nations; ➔H1471 lest H6435 there should be H3426 among you a root H8328 that beareth H6509 gall H7219 and wormwood; H3939

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:4 - But her end H319 is bitter H4751 as wormwood, H3939 sharp H2299 as a H2719➔ twoedged H6310 sword. ➔H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:15 - Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 the God H430 of Israel; H3478 Behold, H2005 I will feed them, H398 even this H2088 people, H5971 with wormwood, H3939 and give them H8248➔ water H4325 of gall H7219 to drink. ➔H8248

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:15 - Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 concerning H5921 the prophets; H5030 Behold, I H2005 will feed H398 them H853 with wormwood, H3939 and make them drink H8248 the water H4325 of gall: H7219 for H3588 from H854 the prophets H5030 of Jerusalem H3389 is H3318➔ profaneness H2613 gone forth ➔H3318 into all H3605 the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:15 - He hath filled me H7646 with bitterness, H4844 he hath made me drunken H7301 with wormwood. H3939

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:19 - Remembering H2142 mine affliction H6040 and my misery, H4788 the wormwood H3939 and the gall. H7219

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:7 - Ye who turn H2015 judgment H4941 to wormwood, H3939 and H6666➔ leave off H3240 righteousness ➔H6666 in the earth, H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:12 - Shall H7323➔ horses H5483 run ➔H7323 upon the rock? H5553 will one plow H2790 there with oxen? H1241 for H3588 ye have turned H2015 judgment H4941 into gall, H7219 and the fruit H6529 of righteousness H6666 into hemlock: H3939
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