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Lexicon :: Strong's H5889 - ʿāyēp̄

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עָיֵף
Transliteration
ʿāyēp̄
Pronunciation
aw-yafe'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1614a

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: עיף.

Strong’s Definitions

עָיֵף ʻâyêph, aw-yafe'; from H5888; languid:—faint, thirsty, weary.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H5889 in the following manner: weary (8x), faint (6x), thirsty (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H5889 in the following manner: weary (8x), faint (6x), thirsty (3x).

  1. faint, exhausted, weary

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָיֵף ʻâyêph, aw-yafe'; from H5888; languid:—faint, thirsty, weary.
STRONGS H5889: Abbreviations
† עָיֵף adjective faint, weary; — ע׳ absolute Genesis 25:29 +; feminine עֲיֵפָה Jeremiah 31:25 +; plural עֲיֵפִים Judges 8:4 +; — from exertion and hunger Genesis 25:20, 30 (J), Judges 8:4, 5; Deuteronomy 25:18 (+ יָגֵעַ), compare Isaiah 5:27, הָנִיחוּ לֶע׳ Isaiah 28:12 (figurative), 2 Samuel 16:14 (si vera lectio, proper name, of a location needed, compare We Dr HPS); + רָעֵב, צָמֵא 2 Samuel 17:29; specifically from thirst Isaiah 29:8 (simile), Job 22:7, נֶפֶשׁ ע׳ Proverbs 25:25 and (figurative) Jeremiah 31:25 (|| דָּֽאֲבָה); hence אֶרֶץ צִיָּה וְעָיֵף Psalm 63:2 (figurative, on masculine see KöSynt. § 334 f.), compare Psalm 143:6 (simile), Isaiah 32:2 (opposed to צֵל, in simile); ע׳ that is beast Isaiah 46:1 — See also foregoing H5888.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:20; 25:29; 25:30

Deuteronomy

25:18

Judges

8:4; 8:4; 8:5

2 Samuel

16:14; 17:29

Job

22:7

Psalms

63:2; 143:6

Proverbs

25:25

Isaiah

5:27; 28:12; 29:8; 32:2; 46:1

Jeremiah

31:25; 31:25

H5889

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5889 matches the Hebrew עָיֵף (ʿāyēp̄),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:29 - And Jacob cooked pottage, and Esau came from the plain, fainting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - And Esau said to Jacob, Let me taste of that red pottage, because I am fainting; therefore his name was called Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:18 - how he withstood thee in the way, and harassed thy rear, even those that were weary behind thee, and thou didst hunger and wast weary; and he did not fear God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:4 - And Gedeon came to Jordan, and went over, himself and the three hundred with him, hungry, yet pursuing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5 - And he said to the men of Socchoth, Give, I pray you, bread to feed this people that follow me; because they are faint, and behold, I am following after Zebee and Salmana, kings of Madiam.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:14 - And the king, and all the people with him, came away and refreshed themselves there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheeses of kine: and they brought them to David and to his people with him to eat; for one said, The people is faint and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 - Neither hast thou given water to the thirsty to drink, but hast taken away the morsel of the hungry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:1 - (LXX 62:1) A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Idumea. (62:2) O God, my God, I cry to thee early; my soul has thirsted for thee: how often has my flesh longed after thee, in a barren and trackless and dry land!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:6 - (LXX 142:6) I spread forth my hands to thee; my soul thirsts for thee, as a dry land. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:25 - As cold water is agreeable to a thirsting soul, so is a good message from a land far off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 - They shall not hunger nor be weary, neither shall they slumber nor sleep; neither shall they loose their girdles from their loins, neither shall their shoe-latchets be broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:12 - This is the rest to him that is hungry, and this is the calamity: but they would not hear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - And as men drink and eat in sleep, and when they have arisen, the dream is vain: and as a thirsty man dreams as if he drank, and having arisen is still thirsty, and his soul has desired in vain: so shall be the wealth of all the nations, as many as have fought against the mount Sion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 - And a man shall hide his words, and be hidden, as from rushing water, and shall appear in Sion as a rushing river, glorious in a thirsty land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1 - Bel has fallen, Nabo is broken to pieces, their graven images are gone to the wild beasts and the cattle: ye take them packed up as a burden to the weary, exhausted, hungry, and at the same time helpless man;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:25 - (LXX 38:25) For I have saturated every thirsting soul, and filled every hungry soul.
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