Word Study · Strong's H3939 · Hebrew

לַעֲנָה

laanah

lah-an-aw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: laʻănâh

“wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)

Rendered in the KJV as

hemlock, wormwood.

8
occurrencesin the Old Testament
5 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
8
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 8 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 8

וְלַעֲנָֽה׃1
כַֽלַּעֲנָ֑ה1
לְלַעֲנָ֖ה1
לְלַעֲנָֽה׃1
לַֽעֲנָ֑ה1
לַֽעֲנָ֔ה1
לַעֲנָ֥ה1
לַעֲנָֽה׃ ס1

How it is rendered · 4

wormwood4
into wormwood2
and wormwood1
like the wormwood1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 4

noun · feminine singular4
preposition + noun · feminine singular2
conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcfsa · 4
HR/Ncfsa · 2
HC/Ncfsa · 1
HRd/Ncfsa · 1

All 8, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Jeremiah2 of 8 · 25%
Lamentations2 of 8 · 25%
Amos2 of 8 · 25%
Deuteronomy1 of 8 · 13%
Proverbs1 of 8 · 13%

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Deuteronomy1 occurrence

Deuteronomy 29:18וְלַעֲנָֽה׃velaanahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularMake sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,here: and wormwood

Proverbs1 occurrence

Proverbs 5:4כַֽלַּעֲנָ֑הkhalaanahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularin the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.here: like the wormwood

Jeremiah2 occurrences

Lamentations2 occurrences

Amos2 occurrences

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