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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.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>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.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of uncertain derivation<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>wormwood<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>wormwood (8).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">לַעֲנָה</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun feminine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>wormwood</b></font> (Late Hebrew <em>id.</em>; 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 href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/29-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 29:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/29.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">פֹּרֶ֥ה רֹ֖אשׁ <b> וְלַעֲנָֽה׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/29.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> poisonous fruit <span 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><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3939.htm">8 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br 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