לַעֲנָה
la.a.nah
“wormwood”
Definition
wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)
from an unused root supposed to mean to curse;
- wormwood 1a) bitterness (metaph.)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
לַעֲנָה appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
There are those who turn justice into wormwoodand cast righteousness to the ground.
“Do horses gallop on the cliffs?Does one plow the sea with oxen?But you have turned justice into poisonand the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets:“I will feed them wormwoodand give them poisoned water to drink,for from the prophets of Jerusalemungodliness has spread throughout the land.”
He has filled me with bitterness;He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
Remember my affliction and wandering,the wormwood and the gall.
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