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Lexicon :: Strong's H3939 - laʿănâ

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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

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

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