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WORMWOOD ( la‘ãn âh, Deu_29:18, Pro_5:4, Jer_9:16; Jer_23:16, Lam_3:15-16, Amo_5:7; Amo_6:12 [in the last AV [Note: Authorized Version.] tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘hemlock’]; Gr. apsinthos, Rev_8:11).— la‘ãn 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.