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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)
Dictionary Aids

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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:29 - When Jacob H3290 had cooked H2102 a stew H5138 one day, Esau H6215 came H935 in H935 from the field H7704 and he was exhausted H5889;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - and Esau H6215 said H559 to Jacob H3290, “Please H4994 let me have H3938 a H3938 mouthful H3938 of [fn]that red H122 stuff H123 there, for I am exhausted H5889.” Therefore H5921 H3651 he was called H7121 [fn]Edom H123 by name H8034.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:18 - how H834 he confronted H7136 you on the way H1870 and attacked H2179 among you all H3605 the stragglers H2826 at your rear H310 when you were tired H5889 and weary H3023; and he did not [fn]fear H3372 God H430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:4 -

Then Gideon H1439 and the three H7969 hundred H3967 men H376 who H834 were with him came H935 to the Jordan H3383 and crossed H5674 over H5674, exhausted H5889 yet still pursuing H7291.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5 - And he said H559 to the men H376 of Succoth H5523, “Please H4994 give H5414 loaves H3603 of bread H3899 to the people H5971 who H834 are [fn]following H7272 me, for they are exhausted H5889, and I am pursuing H7291 H310 Zebah H2078 and Zalmunna H6759, the kings H4428 of Midian H4080.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:14 - And the king H4428 and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him arrived H935 exhausted H5889, and he refreshed H5314 himself there H8033.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - honey H1706, curds H2529, sheep H6629, and cheese H8194 of the herd H1241, for David H1732 and the people H5971 who H834 were with him, to eat H398. For they said H559, “The people H5971 are hungry H7457 and exhausted H5889 and thirsty H6771 in the wilderness H4057.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 -

“You have given H8248 the weary H5889 no H3808 water H4325 to H8248 drink H8248,

And you have withheld H4513 bread H3899 from the hungry H7457.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:1 -

A Psalm of David, [fn]when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

God H430, You are my God H410; I shall be H7836 watching H7836 for H7836 You;

My soul H5315 thirsts H6770 for You, my flesh H1320 yearns H3642 for You,

In a dry H6723 and exhausted H5889 land H776 where there is no H1097 water H4325.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:6 -

I spread H6566 out H6566 my hands H3027 to You;

My soul H5315 longs for You, like a weary H5889 land H776. Selah H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:25 -

Like cold H7119 water H4325 to a weary H5889 soul H5315,

So is good H2896 news H8052 from a distant H4801 land H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 -

No H369 one H369 in it is tired H5889 or stumbles H3782,

No H3808 one slumbers H5123 or sleeps H3462;

Nor H3808 is the undergarment H232 at his waist H2504 loosened H6605,

Nor H3808 his sandal H5275 strap H8288 broken H5423.

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He who H834 said H559 to them, “This H2088 is the place H4496 of H4496 quiet H4496, give H5117 rest H5117 to the weary H5889,”

And, “This H2088 is the resting H4774 place H4774,” but they would H14 not listen H8085.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8

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It will be as when H834 a hungry H7457 person H7457 dreams H2492—

And behold H2009, he is eating H398;

But when he awakens H6974, his [fn]hunger H5315 is not satisfied H7386,

Or as when H834 a thirsty H6771 person H6771 dreams H2492—

And behold H2009, he is drinking H8354,

But when he awakens H6974, behold H2009, he is faint H5889

And his [fn]thirst H5315 is not quenched H8264.

So H3651 will the multitude H1995 of all H3605 the nations H1471 be

Who wage H6633 war H6633 against H5921 Mount H2022 Zion H6726.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2

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Each H376 will be like a refuge H4224 from the wind H7307

And a shelter H5643 from the storm H2230,

Like [fn]streams H6388 of water H4325 in a dry H6724 country H6724,

Like the shade H6738 of a [fn]huge H3515 rock H5553 in an exhausted H5889 land H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1 -

Bel H1078 has bowed H3766 down H3766, Nebo H5015 stoops H7164 over H7164;

Their idols H6091 have become loads for the animals H2416 and the cattle H929.

The things H5385 [fn]that you carry H5385 are burdensome H6006,

A load H4853 for the weary H5889 animal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:25 - “For I give H7301 plenty H7301 of H7301 water H7301 to the weary H5889 ones H5315, and [fn]refresh H4390 everyone H3605 who languishes H1669.”
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