לַעֲנָהlaʻănâh
wormwood, only figurative of bitter things (Amos 5:7; Amos 6:12; Deuteronomy 29:17; Jeremiah 9:14; Jeremiah 23:15)
Pronunciation: lah-an-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3939
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 29:18 I am making this covenant with you so that no one among you—no man, woman, clan, or tribe—will turn away from the Lord our God to worship these gods of other nations, and so that no root among you bears bitter and poisonous fruit.
- Proverbs 5:4 But in the end she is as bitter as poison, as dangerous as a double-edged sword.
- Jeremiah 9:15 So now, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: Look! I will feed them with bitterness and give them poison to drink.
- Jeremiah 23:15 Therefore, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them with bitterness and give them poison to drink. For it is because of Jerusalem’s prophets that wickedness has filled this land.”
- Lamentations 3:15 He has filled me with bitterness and given me a bitter cup of sorrow to drink.
- Lamentations 3:19 The thought of my suffering and homelessness is bitter beyond words.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).