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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 - Then Gideon came and said to the men of Sukkoth, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me by saying, ‘Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your exhausted men?’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28 - Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:30 - Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 - The blacksmith takes a tool and works with it in the coals; he shapes an idol with hammers, he forges it with the might of his arm. He gets hungry and loses his strength; he drinks no water and grows faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:24 - a wild donkey accustomed to the desert, sniffing the wind in her craving— in her heat who can restrain her? Any males that pursue her need not tire themselves; at mating time they will find her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:58

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58 - This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Babylon’s thick wall will be leveled and her high gates set on fire; the peoples exhaust themselves for nothing, the nations’ labor is only fuel for the flames.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:64

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:64 - Then say, ‘So will Babylon sink to rise no more because of the disaster I will bring on her. And her people will fall.’ ” The words of Jeremiah end here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:21

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:13 - Has not the LORD Almighty determined that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire, that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?
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