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Lexicon :: Strong's H7879 - śîaḥ

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שִׂיחַ
Transliteration
śîaḥ
Pronunciation
see'-akh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2255a

Strong’s Definitions

שִׂיחַ sîyach, see'-akh; from H7878; a contemplation; by implication, an utterance:—babbling, communication, complaint, meditation, prayer, talk.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H7879 in the following manner: complaint (9x), meditation (1x), prayer (1x), talking (1x), communication (1x), babbling (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H7879 in the following manner: complaint (9x), meditation (1x), prayer (1x), talking (1x), communication (1x), babbling (1x).

  1. meditation, complaint, musing

    1. plaint, complaint

    2. following are dubious

      1. musing

      2. anxiety, trouble

      3. talk

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שִׂיחַ sîyach, see'-akh; from H7878; a contemplation; by implication, an utterance:—babbling, communication, complaint, meditation, prayer, talk.
STRONGS H7879: Abbreviations
שִׂיחַ noun masculinePsalm 104:34 complaint, musing; — absolute שׂ׳ 1 Kings 18:27 Proverbs 23:29; suffix שִׂיחִי 1 Samuel 1:16 +, שִׂחִי Job 23:2, שִׂיחוֺ 2 Kings 9:11; Psalm 102:1; —
1. plaint, complaint: Job 7:13; Job 9:27; Job 10:1 (|| מר נפשׁ), Job 21:4; Job 23:2; Proverbs 23:29; Psalm 55:3 (|| אָהִימָה); קוֺלִי בְּשִׁיחי Psalm 64:2; לפני י׳ שָׁפַךְ שׂ׳ Psalm 102:1; Psalm 142:3. following are dubious:
2. musing, 1 Kings 18:27 (E) of a god, || שִׂיג לוֺ, (so RV; SS 'nachdenken'; Buhl 'beschäftigt sein'; AV talk); Psalm 104:34 of man (Buhl SS. Bae 'Rede, oder Gesang'). — See also [שֵׂחַ] below
3. anxiety, trouble: מֵרֹב שִׂיחִי 1 Samuel 1:16 (defined in MT by כַּעַס, compare HPS; so Buhl SS, but perhaps = 1).
4. talk: שִׂיחוֺ 2 Kings 9:11 (so RV SS, but meaning obscurein context).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

1:16; 1:16

1 Kings

18:27; 18:27

2 Kings

9:11; 9:11

Job

7:13; 9:27; 10:1; 21:4; 23:2; 23:2

Psalms

55:3; 64:2; 102:1; 102:1; 104:34; 104:34; 142:3

Proverbs

23:29; 23:29

H7879

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7879 matches the Hebrew שִׂיחַ (śîaḥ),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16 - Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:27 - At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:11 - When Jehu went out to his fellow officers, one of them asked him, “Is everything all right? Why did this maniac come to you?” “You know the man and the sort of things he says,” Jehu replied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:13 - When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:27 - If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:1 - “I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:4 - “Is my complaint directed to a human being? Why should I not be impatient?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:2 - “Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand[fn] is heavy in spite of[fn] my groaning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:2 - hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:1 - [fn]For the director of music. A psalm of David. Hear me, my God, as I voice my complaint; protect my life from the threat of the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:1 - [fn]A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, LORD; let my cry for help come to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:34 - May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:2 - I pour out before him my complaint; before him I tell my trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:29 - Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
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