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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - But three days later, when their wounds were still sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, who were Dinah’s full brothers, took their swords and entered the town without opposition. Then they slaughtered every male there,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19 - You will conquer the best of their towns, even the fortified ones. You will cut down all their good trees, stop up all their springs, and ruin all their good land with stones.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:18 - For though he wounds, he also bandages.
He strikes, but his hands also heal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:22 - They suffer painfully;
their life is full of trouble.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:29 - I am suffering and in pain.
Rescue me, O God, by your saving power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:13 - Laughter can conceal a heavy heart,
but when the laughter ends, the grief remains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:22 - You have discouraged the righteous with your lies, but I didn’t want them to be sad. And you have encouraged the wicked by promising them life, even though they continue in their sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:24 - No longer will Israel’s scornful neighbors
prick and tear at her like briers and thorns.
For then they will know
that I am the Sovereign LORD.
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