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Lexicon :: Strong's H3510 - kā'aḇ

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כָּאַב
Transliteration
kā'aḇ
Pronunciation
kaw-ab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 940

Strong’s Definitions

כָּאַב kâʼab, kaw-ab'; a primitive root; properly, to feel pain; by implication, to grieve; figuratively, to spoil:—grieving, mar, have pain, make sad (sore), (be) sorrowful.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H3510 in the following manner: sorrowful (2x), sore (1x), have pain (1x), made sad (1x), mar (1x), make sore (1x), grieving (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H3510 in the following manner: sorrowful (2x), sore (1x), have pain (1x), made sad (1x), mar (1x), make sore (1x), grieving (1x).

  1. to be in pain, be sore, have pain, be sorrowful

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be in pain (physical)

      2. to be in pain (mental)

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause pain, hurt, mar

      2. pain, mar (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּאַב kâʼab, kaw-ab'; a primitive root; properly, to feel pain; by implication, to grieve; figuratively, to spoil:—grieving, mar, have pain, make sad (sore), (be) sorrowful.
STRONGS H3510: Abbreviations
† כָּאַב verb be in pain (Aramaic כְּאֵב, bdb045601 id.; Arabic bdb045602 be sorrowful, sad; Assyrian in derivatives, ikkibu, pain ZimBP 67, kêbtu, ruin Hpt in KAT2Glossary i.) —
Qal Imperfect יִכְאָבֿ Proverbs 14:13; יִכְאָ֑ב Job 14:22; Participle כּוֺאֵב Psalm 69:30; כֹּאֲבִים Genesis 34:25; —
1. be in pain, physical Genesis 34:25 (J, as result of circumcision); Job 14:22 (subject בָּשָׂר; poetic of body in grave || נַפְשׁוֺ תֶּאֱבָ֑ל).
2. of mental pain Proverbs 14:13 (subject לֵב; probably also Psalm 69:30 (|| עָנִי).
Hiph. Perfect 1st person singular suffix הִכְאַבְתִּיו Ezekiel 13:22; 2nd person feminine plural הִכְאַבְתֶּן Ezekiel 13:22 Greek Version of the LXX Targum Co (MT הַכְאוֺת see כָּאָה); Imperfect יַכְאִיב Job 5:18; תַּכְאִ֫בוּ 2 Kings 3:19; Participle מַכְאִב Ezekiel 28:24; — pain, mar;
1. of enemies of Israel under figure of thorn causing pain (no object expressed) קוֺץ מַכ׳ Ezekiel 28:24 (|| מַמְאִיר סִלּוֺן); of שַׁדַּי, no object expressed, Job 5:18 (opposed to חָבַשׁ, || מָחַץ.
2. of mental pain, object לֵב, Ezekiel 13:22 (subject false prophetesses, see above); compare Ezekiel 13:22 (subject י׳).
3. (si vera lectio) of marring good land with stones 2 Kings 3:19, Greek Version of the LXX άχρειώσετε (Klo תְּאַבְּדוּ).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:25; 34:25

2 Kings

3:19; 3:19

Job

5:18; 5:18; 14:22; 14:22

Psalms

69:30; 69:30

Proverbs

14:13; 14:13

Ezekiel

13:22; 13:22; 13:22; 13:22; 28:24; 28:24

H3510

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3510 matches the Hebrew כָּאַב (kā'aḇ),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - On the third day, when they were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and came against the city while it felt secure and killed all the males.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19 - and you shall attack every fortified city and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree and stop up all springs of water and ruin every good piece of land with stones.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:18 - For he wounds, but he binds up;
he shatters, but his hands heal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:22 - He feels only the pain of his own body,
and he mourns only for himself.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:29 - But I am afflicted and in pain;
let your salvation, O God, set me on high!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:13 - Even in laughter the heart may ache,
and the end of joy may be grief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:22 - Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and you have encouraged the wicked, that he should not turn from his evil way to save his life,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:24 - “And for the house of Israel there shall be no more a brier to prick or a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.
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