Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H3939
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- la`anah
- Pronunciation
- lah-an-aw'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H3939
- Brief meaning
- Wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)
- Source renderings
- hemlock, wormwood
- Root word
- from an unused root supposed to mean to curse
- Full definition from the source
- Wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed). Root word: from an unused root supposed to mean to curse.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
03939\ 3939 la`anah lah-an-aw' from an unused root supposed to mean to curse; wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed):--hemlock, wormwood.