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לַעֲנָה
laʻănâh(lah-an-aw')

wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)

8 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word

Definition

From Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906)

Strong’s Definition

wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)

Translated in KJV as

hemlockwormwood.

Etymology

from an unused root supposed to mean to curse;

All Occurrences(8)