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Lexicon :: Strong's H6087 - ʿāṣaḇ

Aa
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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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 BoxGen 6:6 - So the LORD H3068 was H5162 sorry H5162 that He had made H6213 mankind H120 on the earth H776, and He was grieved H6087 [fn]in His heart H3820.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:7 - Now the sons H1121 of Jacob H3290 came H935 in H935 from the field H7704 when they heard H8085 about it; and the men H376 were grieved H6087, and they were H2734 very H3966 angry H2734 because H3588 he had done H6213 a [fn]disgraceful H5039 thing H5039 in Israel H3478 by [fn]sleeping H7901 with Jacob’s H3290 daughter H1323, for such H3651 a H3651 thing H3651 ought not to be done H6213.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:5 - “Now H6258 do not be grieved H6087 or angry H2734 [fn]with yourselves H5869 because H3588 you sold H4376 me here H2008, for God H430 sent H7971 me ahead H6440 of you [fn]to save H4241 lives H4241.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:3 - Yet David H1732 vowed H7650 again H5750, [fn]saying H559, “Your father H1 is H3045 well H3045 aware H3045 that I have found H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869, and he has said H559, ‘Jonathan H3083 is not to know H3045 this H2088, otherwise H6435 he will be worried H6087.’ But indeed H199 as the LORD H3068 lives H2416 and as your soul H5315 lives H2416, there is [fn]just a step H6587 between H996 me and death H4194.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34 - Then Jonathan H3083 got H6965 up H6965 from the table H7979 in the heat H2750 of anger H639, and did not eat H398 food H3899 on the second H8145 day H3117 of the new H2320 moon H2320, because H3588 he was worried H6087 about H413 David H1732 since H3588 his father H1 had insulted H3637 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:2 - So the [fn]victory H8668 that day H3117 was turned H1961 into mourning H60 for all H3605 the people H5971, because H3588 the people H5971 heard H8085 it said H559 that day H3117, “The king H4428 is in mourning H6087 over his son H1121.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:6 - And his father H1 had never H3808 rebuked H6087 him at any H4480 time H3117 by asking H559, “Why H4069 have you done H6213 so H3602?” And he was also H1571 a very H3966 handsome H2896 H8389 man, and [fn]he was born H3205 after H310 Absalom H53.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:10 - Now Jabez H3258 called H7121 on the God H430 of Israel H3478, saying H559, “Oh H518 that H518 You would greatly H1288 bless H1288 me and extend H7235 my border H1366, and that Your hand H3027 might be with me, and that You would [fn]keep H6213 me from harm H7451 so that it would not hurt H6087 me!” And God H430 brought H935 about H935 what H834 he requested H7592.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:10 - Then he said H559 to them, “Go H1980, eat H398 the festival H4924 foods H4924, drink H8354 the sweet H4477 drinks H4477, and send H7971 portions H4490 to him who has nothing H369 prepared H3559; for this day H3117 is holy H6918 to our Lord H136. Do not be grieved H6087, for the joy H2304 of the LORD H3068 is your [fn]refuge H4581.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:11 - So the Levites H3881 silenced H2814 all H3605 the people H5971, saying H559, “Be still H2013, for the day H3117 is holy H6918; do not be grieved H6087.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:8 -

‘Your hands H3027 fashioned H6087 and made H6213 me [fn]altogether H3162 H5439,

Yet would You destroy H1104 me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:5 -

All H3605 day H3117 long they distort H6087 my words H1697;

All H3605 their [fn]thoughts H4284 are against H5921 me for evil H7451.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:40 -

How H4100 often H4100 they rebelled H4784 against Him in the wilderness H4057

And grieved H6087 Him in the desert H3452!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:9 - One who quarries H5265 stones H68 may be hurt H6087 by them, and one who splits H1234 logs H6086 may be endangered H5533 by them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:6 -

“For the LORD H3068 has called H7121 you,

Like a wife H802 forsaken H5800 and grieved H6087 in spirit H7307,

Even like a wife H802 of one’s youth H5271 when H3588 she is rejected H3988,”

Says H559 your God H430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10 -

But they rebelled H4784

And grieved H6087 His Holy H6944 Spirit H7307;

Therefore He turned H2015 Himself to become their enemy H340,

He fought H3898 against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:19 - “And,” said the women, “when H3588 we were burning H6999 [fn]sacrifices H6999 to the queen H4446 of heaven H8064 and [fn]pouring H5258 out H5258 drink H5262 offerings H5262 to her, was it without H4480 H1107 our husbands H376 that we made H6213 for her sacrificial H3561 cakes H3561 [fn]in her image H6087, and poured H5258 out H5258 drink H5262 offerings H5262 to her?”
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