3939. laanah
Strong's Lexicon
laanah: Wormwood

Original Word: לַעֲנָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: laanah
Pronunciation: lah-an-AH
Phonetic Spelling: (lah-an-aw')
Definition: Wormwood
Meaning: wormwood

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to curse

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Strong's Greek 894: ἄψινθος (apsinthos) - This Greek term is used in the New Testament, notably in Revelation 8:11, where it describes a star named Wormwood that falls from heaven, turning a third of the waters bitter.

Usage: The term "laanah" refers to a bitter plant known as wormwood. In the Bible, it is often used metaphorically to describe bitterness, sorrow, and divine judgment. The bitterness of wormwood is emblematic of the consequences of sin and disobedience to God.

Cultural and Historical Background: Wormwood is a plant known for its extremely bitter taste and is often associated with desolation and suffering in ancient Near Eastern cultures. In biblical times, wormwood was not only a literal plant but also a symbol of the bitterness that comes from turning away from God. It was used in various texts to illustrate the severity of God's judgment and the consequences of idolatry and injustice.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
wormwood
NASB Translation
wormwood (8).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
לַעֲנָה noun feminine wormwood (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic is curse (verb 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 ׳יs 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.

לָעַע see לוע

לפד (√ of following; meaning unknown).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
hemlock, wormwood

From an unused root supposed to mean to curse; wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed) -- hemlock, wormwood.

Forms and Transliterations
וְלַעֲנָֽה׃ ולענה׃ כַֽלַּעֲנָ֑ה כלענה לְלַעֲנָ֖ה לְלַעֲנָֽה׃ לַֽעֲנָ֑ה לַֽעֲנָ֔ה לַעֲנָ֥ה לַעֲנָֽה׃ ללענה ללענה׃ לענה לענה׃ challaaNah ḵal·la·‘ă·nāh ḵalla‘ănāh la‘ănāh la·‘ă·nāh laaNah lə·la·‘ă·nāh ləla‘ănāh lelaaNah velaaNah wə·la·‘ă·nāh wəla‘ănāh
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Deuteronomy 29:18
HEB: פֹּרֶ֥ה רֹ֖אשׁ וְלַעֲנָֽה׃
NAS: poisonous fruit and wormwood.
KJV: that beareth gall and wormwood;
INT: bearing poisonous and wormwood

Proverbs 5:4
HEB: וְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָ֣ה כַֽלַּעֲנָ֑ה חַ֝דָּ֗ה כְּחֶ֣רֶב
NAS: she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp
KJV: is bitter as wormwood, sharp
INT: the end is bitter wormwood Sharp sword

Jeremiah 9:15
HEB: הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה לַֽעֲנָ֑ה וְהִשְׁקִיתִ֖ים מֵי־
NAS: people, with wormwood and give
KJV: them, [even] this people, with wormwood, and give them water
INT: people this wormwood and give water

Jeremiah 23:15
HEB: מַאֲכִ֤יל אוֹתָם֙ לַֽעֲנָ֔ה וְהִשְׁקִתִ֖ים מֵי־
NAS: I am going to feed them wormwood And make them drink
KJV: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink
INT: I am going to feed wormwood drink water

Lamentations 3:15
HEB: בַמְּרוֹרִ֖ים הִרְוַ֥נִי לַעֲנָֽה׃ ס
NAS: He has made me drunk with wormwood.
KJV: he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
INT: bitterness has made wormwood

Lamentations 3:19
HEB: עָנְיִ֥י וּמְרוּדִ֖י לַעֲנָ֥ה וָרֹֽאשׁ׃
NAS: and my wandering, the wormwood and bitterness.
KJV: and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
INT: my affliction and my wandering the wormwood and bitterness

Amos 5:7
HEB: הַהֹפְכִ֥ים לְלַעֲנָ֖ה מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּצְדָקָ֖ה
NAS: justice into wormwood And cast
KJV: judgment to wormwood, and leave off
INT: turn wormwood justice righteousness

Amos 6:12
HEB: וּפְרִ֥י צְדָקָ֖ה לְלַעֲנָֽה׃
NAS: of righteousness into wormwood,
KJV: of righteousness into hemlock:
INT: and the fruit of righteousness wormwood

8 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3939
8 Occurrences


ḵal·la·‘ă·nāh — 1 Occ.
la·‘ă·nāh — 4 Occ.
lə·la·‘ă·nāh — 2 Occ.
wə·la·‘ă·nāh — 1 Occ.
















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