לַעֲנָה
laʿănâ
wormwood
Strong's H3939NounHebrewTWOT 1121

לַעֲנָה (laʿănâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning wormwood. It appears 8 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3939).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1121)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1121)wormwood; hemlock
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

לַעֲנָה noun, feminine: wormwood

Strong's H3939 לַעֲנָה: wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)
KJV:hemlock, wormwood.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Proverbs 5:4Jeremiah 23:15Lamentations 3:15

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