H3939 · לַעֲנָה
laʻănâh · lah-an-aw' · wormwood
H3939 (laʻănâh, pronounced lah-an-aw') is the Hebrew word לַעֲנָה in Strong’s dictionary: wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed). It appears 8 times in 8 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- לַעֲנָה (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- laʻănâh
- Pronunciation
- lah-an-aw'
- Derivation
- from an unused root supposed to mean to curse;
- Definition
- wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)
- Rendered in the KJV
- hemlock, wormwood.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
8 occurrences in 8 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “into wormwood” ×2
- “wormwood” ×2
- “and bitter fruit” ×1
- “as wormwood” ×1
- “the wormwood” ×1
- “with wormwood” ×1
By book
Deuteronomy 1 · Proverbs 1 · Jeremiah 2 · Lamentations 2 · Amos 2