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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.
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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 Box Gen 25:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:29 - Ya`akov boiled stew. Esav came in from the field, and he was famished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - Esav said to Ya`akov, "Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am famished." Therefore his name was called Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:18 - how he met you by the way, and struck the hindmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn't fear God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:4 - Gid`on came to the Yarden, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5 - He said to the men of Sukkot, Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zevach and Tzalmunnah, the kings of Midyan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:14 - The king, and all the people who were with him, came weary; and he refreshed himself there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat: for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 - You haven't given water to the weary to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:1 - A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Yehudah. God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you, My flesh longs for you, In a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:6 - I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:25 - Like cold water to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 - None shall be weary nor stumble among them; None shall slumber nor sleep; Neither shall the belt of their loins be untied, Nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:12 - to whom he said, This is the rest, give you rest to him who is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - It shall be as when a hungry man dreams, and, behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreams, and, behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul has appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against Mount Tziyon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 - A man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1 - Bel bows down, Nevo stoops; their idols are on the animals, and on the cattle: the things that you carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary animal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:25 - For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I replenished.
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