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Lexicon :: Strong's H5889 - ʿāyēp̄

Aa
עָיֵף
Transliteration
ʿāyēp̄
Pronunciation
aw-yafe'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1614a

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: עיף.

Strong’s Definitions

עָיֵף ʻâyêph, aw-yafe'; from H5888; languid:—faint, thirsty, weary.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H5889 in the following manner: weary (8x), faint (6x), thirsty (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H5889 in the following manner: weary (8x), faint (6x), thirsty (3x).

  1. faint, exhausted, weary

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָיֵף ʻâyêph, aw-yafe'; from H5888; languid:—faint, thirsty, weary.
STRONGS H5889: Abbreviations
† עָיֵף adjective faint, weary; — ע׳ absolute Genesis 25:29 +; feminine עֲיֵפָה Jeremiah 31:25 +; plural עֲיֵפִים Judges 8:4 +; — from exertion and hunger Genesis 25:20, 30 (J), Judges 8:4, 5; Deuteronomy 25:18 (+ יָגֵעַ), compare Isaiah 5:27, הָנִיחוּ לֶע׳ Isaiah 28:12 (figurative), 2 Samuel 16:14 (si vera lectio, proper name, of a location needed, compare We Dr HPS); + רָעֵב, צָמֵא 2 Samuel 17:29; specifically from thirst Isaiah 29:8 (simile), Job 22:7, נֶפֶשׁ ע׳ Proverbs 25:25 and (figurative) Jeremiah 31:25 (|| דָּֽאֲבָה); hence אֶרֶץ צִיָּה וְעָיֵף Psalm 63:2 (figurative, on masculine see KöSynt. § 334 f.), compare Psalm 143:6 (simile), Isaiah 32:2 (opposed to צֵל, in simile); ע׳ that is beast Isaiah 46:1 — See also foregoing H5888.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:20; 25:29; 25:30

Deuteronomy

25:18

Judges

8:4; 8:4; 8:5

2 Samuel

16:14; 17:29

Job

22:7

Psalms

63:2; 143:6

Proverbs

25:25

Isaiah

5:27; 28:12; 29:8; 32:2; 46:1

Jeremiah

31:25; 31:25

H5889

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5889 matches the Hebrew עָיֵף (ʿāyēp̄),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:29 - And H2102➔ Jacob H3290 sod ➔H2102 pottage: H5138 and H935➔ Esau H6215 came ➔H935 from H4480 the field, H7704 and he H1931 was faint: H5889

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - And H559➔ Esau H6215 said ➔H559 to H413 Jacob, H3290 Feed me, H3938 I pray thee, H4994 with H4480 that same H2088 red H122 H122 pottage; for H3588 I H595 am faint: H5889 therefore H5921 H3651 was H7121➔ his name H8034 called ➔H7121 Edom. H123

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:4 - And H935➔ Gideon H1439 came ➔H935 to Jordan, H3383 and passed over, H5674 he, H1931 and H7969➔ the H376➔ three ➔H7969 hundred H3967 men ➔H376 that H834 were with him, H854 faint, H5889 yet pursuing H7291 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5 - And he said H559 unto the men H376 of Succoth, H5523 Give, H5414 I pray you, H4994 loaves H3603 of bread H3899 unto the people H5971 that H834 follow me; H7272 for H3588 they H1992 be faint, H5889 and I H595 am pursuing H7291 after H310 Zebah H2078 and Zalmunna, H6759 kings H4428 of Midian. H4080

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:14 - And H935➔ the king, H4428 and all H3605 the people H5971 that H834 were with him, H854 came ➔H935 weary, H5889 and refreshed themselves H5314 there. H8033

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - And honey, H1706 and butter, H2529 and sheep, H6629 and cheese H8194 of kine, H1241 for David, H1732 and for the people H5971 that H834 were with him, H854 to eat: H398 for H3588 they said, H559 The people H5971 is hungry, H7457 and weary, H5889 and thirsty, H6771 in the wilderness. H4057

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 - Thou hast H8248➔ not H3808 given ➔H8248➔ water H4325 to the weary H5889 to drink, ➔H8248 and H7457➔ thou hast withholden H4513 bread H3899 from the hungry. ➔H7457

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:1 - [[A Psalm H4210 of David, H1732 when he was H1961 in the wilderness H4057 of Judah.]] H3063 O God, H430 thou H859 art my God; H410 early will I seek thee: H7836 my soul H5315 thirsteth H6770 for thee, my flesh H1320 longeth H3642 for thee in a H776➔ dry H6723 and thirsty H5889 land, ➔H776 where no H1097➔ water H4325 is; ➔H1097

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:6 - I stretch forth H6566 my hands H3027 unto thee: H413 my soul H5315 thirsteth after thee, as a H776➔ thirsty H5889 land. ➔H776 Selah. H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:25 - As cold H7119 waters H4325 to H5921 a H5315➔ thirsty H5889 soul, ➔H5315 so H8052➔ is good H2896 news ➔H8052 from a H776➔ far H4801 country. ➔H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 - None H369 shall be weary H5889 nor H369 stumble H3782 among them; none H3808 shall slumber H5123 nor H3808 sleep; H3462 neither H3808 shall H6605➔ the girdle H232 of their loins H2504 be loosed, ➔H6605 nor H3808 the latchet H8288 of their shoes H5275 be broken: H5423

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:12 - To H413 whom H834 he said, H559 This H2063 is the rest H4496 wherewith ye may cause H5117➔ the weary H5889 to rest; ➔H5117 and this H2063 is the refreshing: H4774 yet H3808➔ they would H14 not ➔H3808 hear. H8085

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 - And H1961➔ a man H376 shall be ➔H1961 as an hiding place H4224 from the wind, H7307 and a covert H5643 from the tempest; H2230 as rivers H6388 of water H4325 in a dry place, H6724 as the shadow H6738 of a H5553➔ great H3515 rock ➔H5553 in a H776➔ weary H5889 land. ➔H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1 - Bel H1078 boweth down, H3766 Nebo H5015 stoopeth, H7164 their idols H6091 were H1961 upon the beasts, H2416 and upon the cattle: H929 your carriages H5385 were heavy loaden; H6006 they are a burden H4853 to the weary H5889 beast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:25 - For H3588 I have satiated H7301 the H5315➔ weary H5889 soul, ➔H5315 and H3605➔ I have replenished H4390 every ➔H3605 sorrowful H1669 soul. H5315
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