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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 - When Jacob H3290 had cooked H2102 stew, H5138 Esau H6215 came H935 in from the field H7704 and he was [fn]famished; H5889

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - and Esau H6215 said H559 to Jacob, H3290 “Please H4994 let me have H3938 a swallow H3938 of [fn]that red H122 stuff H123 there, for I am [fn]famished.” H5889 Therefore H5921 H3651 his name H8034 was called H7121 [fn]Edom. H123

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:18 - how H834 he met H7136 you along the way H1870 and attacked H2179 among you all H3605 the stragglers H2826 at your rear H310 when you were faint H5889 and weary; H3023 and he did not [fn]fear H3372 God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:4 - Then Gideon H1439 and the 300 H7969 H3967 men H376 who H834 were with him came H935 to the Jordan H3383 and crossed H5674 over, H5674 weary H5889 yet pursuing. H7291

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5 - He said H559 to the men H376 of Succoth, H5523 “Please H4994 give H5414 loaves H3603 of bread H3899 to the people H5971 who H834 are following H7272 me, for they are weary, H5889 and I am pursuing H7291 Zebah H2078 and Zalmunna, H6759 the kings H4428 of Midian.” H4080

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:14 - The king H4428 and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him arrived H935 weary H5889 and he refreshed H5314 himself there. H8033

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - honey, H1706 curds, H2529 sheep, H6629 and cheese H8194 of the herd, H1241 for David H1732 and for the people H5971 who H834 were with him, to eat; H398 for they said, H559 “The people H5971 are hungry H7457 and weary H5889 and thirsty H6771 in the wilderness.” H4057

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 - “To the weary H5889 you have given H8248 no H3808 water H4325 to drink, H8248
And from the hungry H7457 you have withheld H4513 bread. H3899

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:1 - A Psalm of David, [fn]when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
O God, H430 You are my God; H410 I shall seek H7836 You [fn]earnestly; H7836
My soul H5315 thirsts H6770 for You, my flesh H1320 [fn]yearns H3642 for You,
In a dry H6723 and weary H5889 land H776 where there is no H1097 water. H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:6 - I stretch H6566 out my hands H3027 to You;
My soul H5315 longs for You, as a [fn]parched H5889 land. H776 [fn]Selah. H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:25 - Like cold H7119 water H4325 to a weary H5889 soul, H5315
So is good H2896 news H8052 from a distant H4801 land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 - No H369 one H369 in it is weary H5889 or stumbles, H3782
None H3808 slumbers H5123 or sleeps; H3462
Nor H3808 is the belt H232 at its waist H2504 undone, H6605
Nor H3808 its sandal H5275 strap H8288 broken. H5423

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:12 - He who H834 said H559 to them, “Here H2088 is rest, H4496 give H5117 rest H5117 to the weary,” H5889
And, “Here H2088 is repose,” H4774 but they would H14 not listen. H8085

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - It will be as when H834 a hungry H7457 man H7457 dreams H2492—
And behold, H2009 he is eating; H398
But when he awakens, H6974 his [fn]hunger H5315 is not satisfied, H7386
Or as when H834 a thirsty H6771 man H6771 dreams H2492—
And behold, H2009 he is drinking, H8354
But when he awakens, H6974 behold, H2009 he is faint H5889
And his [fn]thirst H5315 is not quenched. H8264
Thus H3651 the multitude H1995 of all H3605 the nations H1471 will be
Who wage H6633 war H6633 against H5921 Mount H2022 Zion. H6726

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 - Each H376 will be like a refuge H4224 from the wind H7307
And a shelter H5643 from the storm, H2230
Like [fn]streams H6388 of water H4325 in a dry H6724 country, H6724
Like the shade H6738 of a [fn]huge H3515 rock H5553 in [fn]a parched H5889 land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1 - Bel H1078 has bowed H3766 down, H3766 Nebo H5015 stoops H7164 over; H7164
Their images H6091 are consigned to the beasts H2416 and the cattle. H929
The things H5385 [fn]that you carry H5385 are burdensome, H6006
A load H4853 for the weary H5889 beast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:25 - “For I satisfy H7301 the weary H5889 ones H5315 and [fn]refresh H4390 everyone H3605 who languishes.” H1669
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