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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #3939 - לַעֲנָה
Transliteration
laʻănâh
Phonetics
lah-an-aw'
Origin
from an unused root supposed to mean to curse
Parts of Speech
feminine noun
TWOT
1121
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- wormwood
- bitterness (metaphorically)
Greek Equivalent Words:
Frequency Lists
- Book
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Verse Results
ASV (8)
Deuteronomy
1
Proverbs
1
Jeremiah
2
Lamentations
2
Amos
2
BSB (8)
Deuteronomy
1
Proverbs
1
Jeremiah
2
Lamentations
2
Amos
2
CSB (7)
Deuteronomy
1
Proverbs
1
Jeremiah
2
Lamentations
2
Amos
2
ESV (8)
Deuteronomy
1
Proverbs
1
Jeremiah
2
Lamentations
2
Amos
2
KJV (8)
Deuteronomy
1
Proverbs
1
Jeremiah
2
Lamentations
2
Amos
2
LEB (8)
Deuteronomy
1
Proverbs
1
Jeremiah
2
Lamentations
2
Amos
2
LSB (8)
Deuteronomy
1
Proverbs
1
Jeremiah
2
Lamentations
2
Amos
2
N95 (8)
Deuteronomy
1
Proverbs
1
Jeremiah
2
Lamentations
2
Amos
2
NAS (8)
Deuteronomy
1
Proverbs
1
Jeremiah
2
Lamentations
2
Amos
2
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (8)
Deuteronomy
1
Proverbs
1
Jeremiah
2
Lamentations
2
Amos
2
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
לַעֲנָה noun feminine wormwood (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic 
is curse (verb 
id.), so Nabataean לצנת (verb לען) compare Cook Glossary); — 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 Tristr Nat, Hist. Bib. 493.
is curse (verb id.), so Nabataean לצנת (verb לען) compare Cook Glossary); — 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 Tristr Nat, Hist. Bib. 493. לָעַע see לוע
לפד (√ of following; meaning unknown).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
לַעֲנָה fem. wormwood, Jeremiah 9:14, 23:15 Lamentations 3:15, 19 Proverbs 5:4 this herb is perhaps so called as being noxious (see the root) and poisonous (comp. Deuteronomy 29:17; Revelation 8:10, 11 ); as bitter herbs were commonly so regarded by the Hebrews (compare Hebrews 12:13).
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List of Word Forms
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
