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 be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart is turning to-day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations, lest there be in you a root fruitful of gall and wormwood:Proverbs 5:4 · כַֽלַּעֲנָ֑הAnd her latter end is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword with mouths.Jeremiah 9:15 · לַֽעֲנָ֑הTherefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing them—this people—to eat wormwood, And I have caused them to drink water of gall,Jeremiah 23:15 · לַֽעֲנָ֔הTherefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, concerning the prophets: Lo, I am causing them to eat wormwood, And have caused them to drink water of gall, For, from prophets of Jerusalem Hath profanity gone forth to all the land.Lamentations 3:15 · לַעֲנָֽה׃ סHe hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me with wormwood.Lamentations 3:19 · לַעֲנָ֥הRemember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!Amos 5:7 · לְלַעֲנָ֖הYe who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,Amos 6:12 · לְלַעֲנָֽה׃Do horses run on a rock? Doth one plough it with oxen? For ye have turned to gall judgment, And the fruit of righteousness to wormwood.