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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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WORMWOOD ( la‘ăn âh , Deuteronomy 29:18 , Proverbs 5:4 , Jeremiah 9:16; Jeremiah 23:16 , Lamentations 3:15-16 , Amos 5:7; Amos 6:12 [in the last AV [Note: Authorized Version.] tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘hemlock’ ]; Gr. apsinthos , Revelation 8:11 ). la‘ăn âh was some bitter substance usually associated with gall (wh. see); it is used metaphorically for calamity and sorrow. Tradition favours some species of Artemisia (wormwood), of which several kinds are found in Palestine.

E. W. G. Masterman.

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Wormwood'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​w/wormwood.html. 1909.
 
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