H3939 לענה - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon Number


לענה
la‛ănâh
lah-an-aw'
From an unused root supposed to mean to curse; wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)

KJV Usage: hemlock, wormwood.


Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions

BDB4442

לענה

1. wormwood
a. bitterness (metaph.)
Origin: from an unused root supposed to mean to curse
TWOT: 1121
Parts of Speech: Noun Feminine

TBESH:
לַעֲנָה
la.a.nah
H:N-F
wormwood
1) wormwood
1a) bitterness (metaph.)

View how H3939 לענה is used in the Bible

8 occurrences of H3939 לענה

Deuteronomy 29:18 and wormwood;
Proverbs 5:4 as wormwood,
Jeremiah 9:15 with wormwood,
Jeremiah 23:15 them with wormwood,
Lamentations 3:15 with wormwood.
Lamentations 3:19 the wormwood
Amos 5:7 to wormwood,
Amos 6:12 into hemlock:

Distinct usage

1 and wormwood;
1 as wormwood,
1 with wormwood,
1 them with wormwood,
1 with wormwood.
1 the wormwood
1 to wormwood,
1 into hemlock:

Corresponding Greek Words

laanah G318 anagke
laanah G3601 odune
laanah G4088 pikria
laanah G5521 chole


Related words

H3939