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Lexicon :: Strong's H6087 - ʿāṣaḇ

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עָצַב
Transliteration
ʿāṣaḇ
Pronunciation
aw-tsab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1666,1667

Strong’s Definitions

עָצַב ʻâtsab, aw-tsab'; a primitive root; properly, to carve, i.e. fabricate or fashion; hence (in a bad sense) to worry, pain or anger:—displease, grieve, hurt, make, be sorry, vex, worship, wrest.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H6087 in the following manner: grieve (10x), displeased (1x), hurt (1x), made (1x), sorry (1x), vexed (1x), worship (1x), wrest (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H6087 in the following manner: grieve (10x), displeased (1x), hurt (1x), made (1x), sorry (1x), vexed (1x), worship (1x), wrest (1x).

  1. to hurt, pain, grieve, displease, vex, wrest

    1. (Qal) to hurt, pain

    2. (Niphal) to be in pain, be pained, be grieved

    3. (Piel) to vex, torture

    4. (Hiphil) to cause pain

    5. (Hithpael) to feel grieved, be vexed

  2. to shape, fashion, make, form, stretch into shape, (TWOT) worship

    1. (Piel) to shape, form

    2. (Hiphil) to form, copy, fashion

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָצַב ʻâtsab, aw-tsab'; a primitive root; properly, to carve, i.e. fabricate or fashion; hence (in a bad sense) to worry, pain or anger:—displease, grieve, hurt, make, be sorry, vex, worship, wrest.
STRONGS H6087: Abbreviations
† I. [עָצַב] verb hurt, pain, grieve (Late Hebrew Nithp. and in derivatives; Targum עֲצַב be in pain (rare); Ethiopic bdb078004 be hard, difficult, LagBN 50, compare 201 compare Arabic bdb078005 be angry, but dubious); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix עֲצָבוֺ 1 Kings 1:6 his father had not pained him (Greek Version of the LXX Klo Gr עֲצָרוֺ, but see Benz); insert עָצַב (with other words) 2 Samuel 13:21 Greek Version of the LXX Ew Th We Kit Bu HPS; Infinitive construct suffix לְבִלְתִּי עָצְבִּי 1 Chronicles 4:10 that it (רָעָה) may not pain me; Passive participle construct עֲצוּבַת רוּחַ Isaiah 54:6 hurt in spirit (of Zion under figure of deserted wife).
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נֶעְצַב 1 Samuel 20:24 be pained for (אֶל person; strike out Greek Version of the LXX HPS); נֶעֱצַב 2 Samuel 19:3 the king is in pain (is grieving) for (עַל person); Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יֵעָצֵב 1 Samuel 20:3 lest he be pained; + בָּהֶם instrumental Ecclesiastes 10:9 shall be hurt by them (i.e. אֲבָנִים; only here of physical pain); 2nd person masculine plural תֵּעָֽצְבוּ Genesis 45:5 be not grieved (+ יִחַר; followed byכִּי that ye sold me), compare Nehemiah 8:10, 11 (absolute) do not grieve.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person plural עִצְּבוּ with accusative Isaiah 63:10 they vexed his holy spirit (+ מָרוּ); Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural בְּבָרַי יְעַצֵּ֑בוּ Psalm 56:6 my affairs they vex (Thes and others), but improbable, < Che בְּדָבָר יְע׳ with speech they vex (me).
Hiph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural suffix יַעֲצִיבוּהוּ Psalm 78:40 they used to cause him [י׳] pain.
Hithp. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּתְעַצֵּב אֶללִֿבּוֺ Genesis 6:6 and he was vexed to his heart (of י׳; || וַיִּנָּחֶם); 3rd person masculine plural וִיִּתְעַצְּבוּ Genesis 34:7 (+ וַיִּחַר, followed by clause with כִּי).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6088.

II. [עָצַב] verb Pi. shape, fashion (Late Hebrew Pi. stretch child into shape; BuhlLex compare bdb078101 out, cut off [whence idea of carving, fashioning]); —
Pi. Perfect יָדֶיךָ עִצְּבוּנִי וַעיַּעֲשׂוּנִי Job 10:8 thy hands shaped me, etc.
Hiph. Infinitive construct לְהַעֲצִבָה Jeremiah 44:19, but read ־בָהּ, to fashion her, i.e. make images of her (possibly denominative from עָצָב).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:6; 34:7; 45:5

1 Samuel

20:3; 20:24

2 Samuel

13:21; 19:3

1 Kings

1:6

1 Chronicles

4:10

Nehemiah

8:10; 8:11

Job

10:8

Psalms

56:6; 78:40

Ecclesiastes

10:9

Isaiah

54:6; 63:10

Jeremiah

44:19

H6087

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6087 matches the Hebrew עָצַב (ʿāṣaḇ),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:6 - The LORD [fn]regretted that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was [deeply] grieved in His heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:7 - Now when Jacob’s sons heard of it they came in from the field; they were deeply grieved, and they were very angry, for Shechem had done a disgraceful thing to [fn]Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing is not to be done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:5 - “Now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to save life and preserve our family.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:3 - But David vowed again, saying “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your sight, and he has said, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be worried.’ But truly as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, there is hardly a step between me and death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34 - Then Jonathan stood up from the table in the heat of anger, and ate no food on that second day of the new moon (month), for he grieved and worried about David because his father had dishonored him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:2 - So the victory on that day was turned into mourning for all the people, for the people heard it said on that day, “The king grieves for his son.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:6 - His father [David] had [fn]never rebuked him at any time by asking, “Why have you done this?” Adonijah was also a very handsome man, and he was born after Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:10 - Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that You would indeed bless me and enlarge my border [property], and that Your hand would be with me, and You would keep me from evil so that it does not hurt me!” And God granted his request.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:10 - Then Ezra said to them, “Go [your way], eat the rich festival food, drink the sweet drink, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be worried, for the joy of the LORD is your strength and your stronghold.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:11 - So the Levites quieted all the people, saying, “Be still, for the day is holy; do not be worried.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:8 -

‘Your hands have formed and made me altogether.

Would You [turn around and] destroy me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:5 -

All day long they twist my words and say hurtful things;

All their thoughts are against me for evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:40 -

How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness

And grieved Him in the desert!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:9 - He who quarries stones may be hurt with them, and he who splits logs may be endangered by them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:6 -

“For the LORD has called you,

Like a wife who has been abandoned, grieved in spirit,

And like a wife [married] in her youth when she is [later] rejected and scorned,”

Says your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10 -

But they rebelled

And grieved His Holy Spirit;

Therefore He changed into their enemy,

And He fought against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:19 - And said the wives, “When we were burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and were pouring out drink offerings to her, was it without [the knowledge and approval of] our husbands that we made cakes [in the shape of a star] to represent her and pour out drink offerings to her?”
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