לַעֲנָה
la.a.nahwormwoodHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine8 occurrences5 books8 verses
Definition
from an unused root supposed to mean to curse; wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)
Traditional renderings: hemlock, wormwood.
Traditional renderings: hemlock, wormwood.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders לַעֲנָה:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
8 total
- Deuteronomy 29:18וְלַעֲנָֽה׃ · and bitter fruitMake 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,
- Proverbs 5:4כַֽלַּעֲנָ֑ה · as wormwood…in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
- Jeremiah 9:15לַֽעֲנָ֑ה · wormwoodTherefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
- Jeremiah 23:15לַֽעֲנָ֔ה · wormwoodTherefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”
- Lamentations 3:15לַעֲנָֽה׃ס · with wormwoodHe has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
- Lamentations 3:19לַעֲנָ֥ה · the wormwoodRemember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
- Amos 5:7לְלַעֲנָ֖ה · into wormwoodThere are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
- Amos 6:12לְלַעֲנָֽה׃ · into wormwood“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—