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.