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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 H6435 that H6435 there H3426 will not H6435 be H3426 among you a man H376 or H176 woman H802, or H176 family H4940 or H176 tribe H7626, whose H834 heart H3824 turns H6437 away H6437 today H3117 from the LORD H3068 our God H430, to go H1980 to serve H5647 the gods H430 of those H1992 nations H1471; that there H3426 will not be H3426 among you a root H8328 bearing H6509 poisonous H7219 fruit H6509 and wormwood H3939.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:4 -

But in the end H319 she is bitter H4751 as wormwood H3939,

Sharp H2299 as a two-edged H6310 sword H2719.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:15 - therefore H3651 this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559: “Behold H2009, I will feed H398 this H2088 people H5971 wormwood H3939; and I will give H8248 them poisoned H7219 water H4325 to H8248 drink H8248.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:15 -

“Therefore H3651 this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 says H559 concerning H5921 the prophets H5030:

‘Behold H2009, I am going to feed H398 them wormwood H3939

And make H8248 them drink H8248 poisonous H7219 water H4325,

For from the prophets H5030 of Jerusalem H3389

Ungodliness H2613 has spread H3318 into all H3605 the land H776.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:15 -

He has filled H7646 me with bitterness H4844,

He has made me drink H7301 plenty H7301 of wormwood H3939.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:19 -

Remember H2142 my misery H6040 and my homelessness H4788, the wormwood H3939 and [fn]bitterness H7219.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:7 -

For those who turn H2015 justice H4941 into wormwood H3939,

And [fn]throw H5117 righteousness H6666 to the earth H776.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:12

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Do horses H5483 run H7323 on rocks H5553?

Or H518 does one [fn]plow H2790 them with oxen H1241?

Yet H3588 you have turned H2015 justice H4941 into poison H7219,

And the fruit H6529 of righteousness H6666 into [fn]wormwood H3939,

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