- Original: לענה
- Transliteration: La`anah
- Phonetic: lah-an-aw'
- Definition:
1. wormwood
a. bitterness (metaph.)
- Origin: from an unused root supposed to mean to curse
- TWOT entry: 1121
- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine
- Strong's: From an unused root supposed to mean to curse;
wormwood (regarded as poisonous and therefore accursed): - hemlock wormwood.
Total KJV Occurrences: 8
• hemlock, 1
Amos 6:12
• wormwood, 7
Deuteronomy 29:18;
Proverbs 5:4;
Jeremiah 9:15;
Jeremiah 23:15;
Lamentations 3:15;
Lamentations 3:19;
Amos 5:7