1) wormwood 1a) bitterness (metaph.)
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H3939 — לַעֲנָה
la.a.nah · wormwood · Hebrew/Aramaic
8 tagged verse occurrences
Deuteronomy 29:18 · וְלַעֲנָֽה׃lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;Proverbs 5:4 · כַֽלַּעֲנָ֑הBut in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.Jeremiah 9:15 · לַֽעֲנָ֑הtherefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.Jeremiah 23:15 · לַֽעֲנָ֔הTherefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land.Lamentations 3:15 · לַעֲנָֽה׃ סHe hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood.Lamentations 3:19 · לַעֲנָ֥הRemember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.Amos 5:7 · לְלַעֲנָ֖הYe who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,Amos 6:12 · לְלַעֲנָֽה׃Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;