◄ H3939 ►
לענה
Transliteration
la`anah;
Pronunciation
lah-an-aw'
Parts of Speech
n f
Root Word (Etymology)
from an unused root supposed to mean to curse
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: 1121
KJV Translation Count — 8x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: wormwood (7), hemlock (1)
Outline of Biblical Usage
1. wormwood
a. bitterness (metaph.)
Strong's Definitions
la`anah, lah-an-aw'; from an unused root supposed to mean to curse; wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed): — hemlock, wormwood.
Concordance Results Using KJV
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and H3939;
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with H3939, and give them water of gall to drink.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with H3939, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with H3939.
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into H3939: