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Lexicon :: Strong's H3510 - kā'aḇ

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כָּאַב
Transliteration
kā'aḇ
Pronunciation
kaw-ab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 940

Strong’s Definitions

כָּאַב kâʼab, kaw-ab'; a primitive root; properly, to feel pain; by implication, to grieve; figuratively, to spoil:—grieving, mar, have pain, make sad (sore), (be) sorrowful.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H3510 in the following manner: sorrowful (2x), sore (1x), have pain (1x), made sad (1x), mar (1x), make sore (1x), grieving (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H3510 in the following manner: sorrowful (2x), sore (1x), have pain (1x), made sad (1x), mar (1x), make sore (1x), grieving (1x).

  1. to be in pain, be sore, have pain, be sorrowful

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be in pain (physical)

      2. to be in pain (mental)

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause pain, hurt, mar

      2. pain, mar (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּאַב kâʼab, kaw-ab'; a primitive root; properly, to feel pain; by implication, to grieve; figuratively, to spoil:—grieving, mar, have pain, make sad (sore), (be) sorrowful.
STRONGS H3510: Abbreviations
† כָּאַב verb be in pain (Aramaic כְּאֵב, bdb045601 id.; Arabic bdb045602 be sorrowful, sad; Assyrian in derivatives, ikkibu, pain ZimBP 67, kêbtu, ruin Hpt in KAT2Glossary i.) —
Qal Imperfect יִכְאָבֿ Proverbs 14:13; יִכְאָ֑ב Job 14:22; Participle כּוֺאֵב Psalm 69:30; כֹּאֲבִים Genesis 34:25; —
1. be in pain, physical Genesis 34:25 (J, as result of circumcision); Job 14:22 (subject בָּשָׂר; poetic of body in grave || נַפְשׁוֺ תֶּאֱבָ֑ל).
2. of mental pain Proverbs 14:13 (subject לֵב; probably also Psalm 69:30 (|| עָנִי).
Hiph. Perfect 1st person singular suffix הִכְאַבְתִּיו Ezekiel 13:22; 2nd person feminine plural הִכְאַבְתֶּן Ezekiel 13:22 Greek Version of the LXX Targum Co (MT הַכְאוֺת see כָּאָה); Imperfect יַכְאִיב Job 5:18; תַּכְאִ֫בוּ 2 Kings 3:19; Participle מַכְאִב Ezekiel 28:24; — pain, mar;
1. of enemies of Israel under figure of thorn causing pain (no object expressed) קוֺץ מַכ׳ Ezekiel 28:24 (|| מַמְאִיר סִלּוֺן); of שַׁדַּי, no object expressed, Job 5:18 (opposed to חָבַשׁ, || מָחַץ.
2. of mental pain, object לֵב, Ezekiel 13:22 (subject false prophetesses, see above); compare Ezekiel 13:22 (subject י׳).
3. (si vera lectio) of marring good land with stones 2 Kings 3:19, Greek Version of the LXX άχρειώσετε (Klo תְּאַבְּדוּ).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:25; 34:25

2 Kings

3:19; 3:19

Job

5:18; 5:18; 14:22; 14:22

Psalms

69:30; 69:30

Proverbs

14:13; 14:13

Ezekiel

13:22; 13:22; 13:22; 13:22; 28:24; 28:24

H3510

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Strong's Number H3510 matches the Hebrew כָּאַב (kā'aḇ),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and killed every male.

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“Then you will attack every fortified city and every choice city. You will cut down every good tree and stop up every spring. You will ruin every good piece of land with stones.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:18

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For he wounds but he also bandages;

he strikes, but his hands also heal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:22

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He feels only the pain of his own body

and mourns only for himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:29

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But as for me ​— ​poor and in pain —

let your salvation protect me, God.

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Even in laughter a heart may be sad,

and joy may end in grief.

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“Because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies (when I intended no distress), and because you have supported[fn] the wicked person so that he does not turn from his evil way to save his life,

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“ ‘The house of Israel will no longer be hurt by[fn] prickly briers or painful thorns from all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.

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