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Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb054203.gif"> is <em>curse</em> (verb <img src="/bdbgif/bdb054204.gif"> <em>id.</em>), so Nabataean <font class="hebrew2">לצנת</font> (verb <font class="hebrew2">לען</font>) compare Cook<sup>Glossary</sup>); — only figurative of bitter things: — of perverted justice, <a href="/interlinear/amos/5-7.htm">Amos 5:7</a>; <a href="/interlinear/amos/6-12.htm">Amos 6:12</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">ראֹשׁ</font>; of result of idolatry, <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/29-17.htm">Deuteronomy 29:17</a> ("" <em>id.</em>); of <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">י</font>s chastisement <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Jeremiah 9:14</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">מֵ֯ירֿאֹשׁ</font>, <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/23-15.htm">Jeremiah 23:15</a> ("" <em>id.</em>), <a href="/interlinear/lamentations/3-15.htm">Lamentations 3:15</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">מְרוֺרִים</font>), <a href="/interlinear/lamentations/3-19.htm">Lamentations 3:19</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">ראֹשׁ</font>); simile of bitter (<font class="hebrew2">מָרָה</font>) result of intercourse with strange woman <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/5-4.htm">Proverbs 5:4</a>. — On <em>wormwood (Artemisia absinthium</em>, etc., Greek <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">ἀψίθιον</font>) compare Löw<sup>80f. 401, 421</sup> Tristr<sup>Nat, Hist. Bib. 493</sup>. <p><font class="hebrew2">לָעַע</font> see <font class="hebrew2">לוע</font> <p><font class="hebrew2">לפד</font> (√ of following; meaning unknown). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>hemlock, wormwood <p>From an unused root supposed to mean to curse; wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed) -- hemlock, wormwood. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>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<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a 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class="itali">and wormwood.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/29.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that beareth gall <span class="itali">and wormwood;</span><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/29-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> bearing poisonous <span class="itali">and wormwood</span><p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/5-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 5:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָ֣ה <b> כַֽלַּעֲנָ֑ה </b> חַ֝דָּ֗ה כְּחֶ֣רֶב</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> she is bitter <span class="itali">as wormwood,</span> Sharp<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> is bitter <span class="itali">as wormwood,</span> sharp<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/5-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the end is bitter <span class="itali">wormwood</span> Sharp sword<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/9-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 9:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה <b> לַֽעֲנָ֑ה </b> וְהִשְׁקִיתִ֖ים מֵי־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> people, <span class="itali">with wormwood</span> and give<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> them, [even] this people, <span class="itali">with wormwood,</span> and give them water<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/9-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> people this <span class="itali">wormwood</span> and give water<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/23-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 23:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מַאֲכִ֤יל אוֹתָם֙ <b> לַֽעֲנָ֔ה </b> וְהִשְׁקִתִ֖ים מֵי־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> I am going to feed <span class="itali">them wormwood</span> And make them drink<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Behold, I will feed <span class="itali">them with wormwood,</span> and make them drink<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/23-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> I am going to feed <span class="itali">wormwood</span> drink water<p><b><a href="/text/lamentations/3-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Lamentations 3:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/lamentations/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בַמְּרוֹרִ֖ים הִרְוַ֥נִי <b> לַעֲנָֽה׃ </b> ס </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/lamentations/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> He has made me drunk <span class="itali">with wormwood.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/lamentations/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> he hath made me drunken <span class="itali">with wormwood.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/lamentations/3-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> bitterness has made <span class="itali">wormwood</span><p><b><a href="/text/lamentations/3-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Lamentations 3:19</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/lamentations/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עָנְיִ֥י וּמְרוּדִ֖י <b> לַעֲנָ֥ה </b> וָרֹֽאשׁ׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/lamentations/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and my wandering, <span class="itali">the wormwood</span> and bitterness.<br><a href="/kjvs/lamentations/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and my misery, <span class="itali">the wormwood</span> and the gall.<br><a href="/interlinear/lamentations/3-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> my affliction and my wandering <span class="itali">the wormwood</span> and bitterness<p><b><a href="/text/amos/5-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Amos 5:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/amos/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> הַהֹפְכִ֥ים <b> לְלַעֲנָ֖ה </b> מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּצְדָקָ֖ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/amos/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> justice <span class="itali">into wormwood</span> And cast<br><a href="/kjvs/amos/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> judgment <span class="itali">to wormwood,</span> and leave off<br><a href="/interlinear/amos/5-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> turn <span class="itali">wormwood</span> justice righteousness<p><b><a href="/text/amos/6-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Amos 6:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/amos/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּפְרִ֥י צְדָקָ֖ה <b> לְלַעֲנָֽה׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/amos/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of righteousness <span class="itali">into wormwood,</span><br><a href="/kjvs/amos/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of righteousness <span class="itali">into hemlock:</span><br><a href="/interlinear/amos/6-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the fruit of righteousness <span class="itali">wormwood</span><p><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3939.htm">8 Occurrences</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hebrew/3938.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="3938"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="3938" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hebrew/3940.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="3940"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="3940" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" 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