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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 Box Gen 25:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:29 - Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.” Therefore his name was called Edom.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:18 - “how he met you on the way and attacked your rear ranks, all the stragglers at your rear, when you were tired and weary; and he did not fear God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:4 - When Gideon came to the Jordan, he and the three hundred men who were with him crossed over, exhausted but still in pursuit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5 - Then he said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:14 - Now the king and all the people who were with him became weary; so they refreshed themselves there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - honey and curds, sheep and cheese of the herd, for David and 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 have not given the weary water 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 of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

O God, You are my God;
Early will I seek You;
My soul thirsts for You;
My flesh longs for You
In a dry and thirsty land
Where there is no water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:6 - I spread out my hands to You;
My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:25

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 - No one will be weary or stumble among them,
No one will slumber or sleep;
Nor will the belt on their loins be loosed,
Nor the strap of their sandals 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 with which
You may cause the weary to rest,”
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 even be as when a hungry man dreams,
And look—he eats;
But he awakes, and his soul is still empty;
Or as when a thirsty man dreams,
And look—he drinks;
But he awakes, and indeed he is faint,
And his soul still craves:
So the multitude of all the nations shall be,
Who fight against Mount Zion.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 - A man will be as a hiding place from the wind,
And a cover from the tempest,
As rivers of water in a dry place,
As the shadow 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, Nebo stoops;
Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle.
Your carriages were heavily loaded,
A burden to the weary beast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:25

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