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Lexicon :: Strong's H3811 - lā'â

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לָאָה
Transliteration
lā'â
Pronunciation
law-aw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1066

Strong’s Definitions

לָאָה lâʼâh, law-aw'; a primitive root; to tire; (figuratively) to be (or make) disgusted:—faint, grieve, lothe, (be, make) weary (selves).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H3811 in the following manner: weary (15x), grieve (2x), faint (1x), loath (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H3811 in the following manner: weary (15x), grieve (2x), faint (1x), loath (1x).

  1. to be weary, be impatient, be grieved, be offended

    1. (Qal) to be weary, be impatient

    2. (Niphal) to be tired of something, weary oneself

    3. (Hiphil) to weary, make weary, exhaust

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָאָה lâʼâh, law-aw'; a primitive root; to tire; (figuratively) to be (or make) disgusted:—faint, grieve, lothe, (be, make) weary (selves).
STRONGS H3811: Abbreviations
† [לָאָה] verb be weary, impatient (compare Arabic لَأَى be slow, hesitating (Frey); لَأْىٍ بَعْدَ after difficulty, لَأْياً with difficulty (Lane3007); Aramaic לְאִי, aH, Y-H); —
Qal Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תִּלְאֶה Job 4:2; וַתֵּ֑לֶא Job 4:5; 3rd person plural וַיִּלְאוּ Genesis 19:11; — be weary (in vain endeavour) followed by Infinitive Genesis 19:11; be weary, impatient at attempted consolation absolute Job 4:2; at calamity absolute Job 4:5 (|| בָּהַל).
Niph. Perfect נִלְאָה Proverbs 26:15 + 2 times; 2nd person feminine singular נִלְאֵית Isaiah 47:13; נִלְאֵיתִי Isaiah 1:14 + 3 times, etc.; — followed by infinitive be weary of doing a thing, Exodus 7:18 (JE), make oneself weary in doing something Proverbs 26:15 (of sluggard's laziness), weary (i.e. strenuously exert) oneself to Jeremiah 9:4; Jeremiah 20:9; absolute of eager and hopeless prayer על־הַבָּמָה נִל׳ Moab, Isaiah 16:12 (|| נִרְאָה, בָּא אֶל־מִקְדָּשׁוֺ לְהִתְמַּלֵּל); of vain consultations, (followed by בְּ) Babylon Isaiah 47:13; subject י׳, followed by infinitive Isaiah 1:14; Jeremiah 6:11; Jeremiah 15:6, always of exhausted patience; figurative of parched soil (absolute) Psalm 68:10.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix הֶלְאָנִי Job 16:7; 3rd person feminine singular הֶלְאָת Ezekiel 24:12 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co), 1st person singular suffix הֶלְאֵתִיךָ Micah 6:3; Imperfect וַיַּלְאוּךָ Jeremiah 12:5; תַּלְאוּ Isaiah 7:13; Infinitiveconstruct הַלְאוֺת Isaiah 7:13; — weary, make weary, exhaust, followed by accusative Job 16:7 (subject God); exhaust patience of, object God Isaiah 7:13; object men Isaiah 7:13; Jeremiah 12:5; Micah 6:3.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:11; 19:11

Exodus

7:18

Job

4:2; 4:2; 4:5; 4:5; 16:7; 16:7

Psalms

68:10

Proverbs

26:15; 26:15

Isaiah

1:14; 1:14; 7:13; 7:13; 7:13; 7:13; 16:12; 47:13; 47:13

Jeremiah

6:11; 9:4; 12:5; 12:5; 15:6; 20:9

Ezekiel

24:12

Micah

6:3; 6:3

H3811

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Strong's Number H3811 matches the Hebrew לָאָה (lā'â),
which occurs 19 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:11 - They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:18 - The fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Mitzrim shall loathe to drink water from the river."'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:2 - "If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:5 - But now it is come to you, and you faint; It touches you, and you are troubled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:7 - But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made desolate all my company.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:9 - You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance, when it was weary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:15 - The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:14 - My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts; They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:13 - He said, "Listen now, house of David: Is it a small thing for you to weary men, that you will weary my God also?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:12 - It shall happen, when Mo'av presents himself, when he wearies himself on the high place, and shall come to his sanctuary to pray, that he shall not prevail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:13 - You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels: let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from the things that shall come on you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11 - Therefore I am full of the wrath of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: pour it out on the children in the street, and on the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him who is full of days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:5 - They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:5 - If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and though in a land of shalom you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Yarden?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:6 - You have rejected me, says the LORD, you are gone backward: therefore have I stretched out my hand against you, and destroyed you; I am weary with repenting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:9 - If I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I can't contain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:12 - She has wearied herself with toil; yet her great rust doesn't go forth out of her; her rust doesn't go forth by fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:3 - My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me!
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