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Lexicon :: Strong's H3286 - yāʿap̄

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יָעַף
Transliteration
yāʿap̄
Pronunciation
yaw-af'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 885

Strong’s Definitions

יָעַף yâʻaph, yaw-af'; a primitive root; to tire (as if from wearisome flight):—faint, cause to fly, (be) weary (self).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H3286 in the following manner: weary (4x), faint (4x), fly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H3286 in the following manner: weary (4x), faint (4x), fly (1x).

  1. to be or grow weary, be fatigued, be faint

    1. (Qal) to be or grow weary, be fatigued, be faint

    2. (Hophal) wearied (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָעַף yâʻaph, yaw-af'; a primitive root; to tire (as if from wearisome flight):—faint, cause to fly, (be) weary (self).
STRONGS H3286: Abbreviations
I. [יָעֵף] verb be weary, faint (Arabic bdb041905 run and shew weariness) —
Qal Perfect וְיָעֵ֑פוּ consecutive Jeremiah 51:58,64; Imperfect יִיעַף Isaiah 40:28; וַיִּעָ֑ף Isaiah 44:12; יִָֽעֲפוּ Isaiah 40:30; יִיעָ֑פוּ Isaiah 40:31; Jeremiah 2:24; יִעָ֑פוּ Habakkuk 2:13; — be or grow weary Jeremiah 2:24 (in seeking); = exhaust onself fruitlessly Habakkuk 2:13 (|| יגע), hence Jeremiah 51:58,64 (repeated by error from Jeremiah 51:58); of י׳ (negative) Isaiah 40:28 (|| יגע); youth Isaiah 40:30 (|| id.); the god-fearing Isaiah 40:31 (|| id.); be faint from lack of water Isaiah 44:12 (|| אֵין כֹּחַ from hunger).
Hoph. Participle wearied Daniel 9:21 מֻעָף בִּיעָף (see יְעָף).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

40:28; 40:28; 40:30; 40:30; 40:31; 40:31; 44:12; 44:12

Jeremiah

2:24; 2:24; 51:58; 51:58; 51:58; 51:64; 51:64

Daniel

9:21

Habakkuk

2:13; 2:13

H3286

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Strong's Number H3286 matches the Hebrew יָעַף (yāʿap̄),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:15 - And he came to the men of Succoth and said, “Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are exhausted?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28 - Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:30 - Even youths shall faint and be weary,
and young men shall fall exhausted;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 - The ironsmith takes a cutting tool and works it over the coals. He fashions it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:24 - a wild donkey used to the wilderness,
in her heat sniffing the wind!
Who can restrain her lust?
None who seek her need weary themselves;
in her month they will find her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:58

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts:
The broad wall of Babylon
shall be leveled to the ground,
and her high gates
shall be burned with fire.
The peoples labor for nothing,
and the nations weary themselves only for fire.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:64

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:64 - and say, ‘Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more, because of the disaster that I am bringing upon her, and they shall become exhausted.’” Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:21 - while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:13 - Behold, is it not from the LORD of hosts
that peoples labor merely for fire,
and nations weary themselves for nothing?
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