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Lexicon :: Strong's H7879 - śîaḥ

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שִׂיחַ
Transliteration
śîaḥ
Pronunciation
see'-akh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2255a

Strong’s Definitions

שִׂיחַ sîyach, see'-akh; from H7878; a contemplation; by implication, an utterance:—babbling, communication, complaint, meditation, prayer, talk.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H7879 in the following manner: complaint (9x), meditation (1x), prayer (1x), talking (1x), communication (1x), babbling (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H7879 in the following manner: complaint (9x), meditation (1x), prayer (1x), talking (1x), communication (1x), babbling (1x).

  1. meditation, complaint, musing

    1. plaint, complaint

    2. following are dubious

      1. musing

      2. anxiety, trouble

      3. talk

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שִׂיחַ sîyach, see'-akh; from H7878; a contemplation; by implication, an utterance:—babbling, communication, complaint, meditation, prayer, talk.
STRONGS H7879: Abbreviations
שִׂיחַ noun masculinePsalm 104:34 complaint, musing; — absolute שׂ׳ 1 Kings 18:27 Proverbs 23:29; suffix שִׂיחִי 1 Samuel 1:16 +, שִׂחִי Job 23:2, שִׂיחוֺ 2 Kings 9:11; Psalm 102:1; —
1. plaint, complaint: Job 7:13; Job 9:27; Job 10:1 (|| מר נפשׁ), Job 21:4; Job 23:2; Proverbs 23:29; Psalm 55:3 (|| אָהִימָה); קוֺלִי בְּשִׁיחי Psalm 64:2; לפני י׳ שָׁפַךְ שׂ׳ Psalm 102:1; Psalm 142:3. following are dubious:
2. musing, 1 Kings 18:27 (E) of a god, || שִׂיג לוֺ, (so RV; SS 'nachdenken'; Buhl 'beschäftigt sein'; AV talk); Psalm 104:34 of man (Buhl SS. Bae 'Rede, oder Gesang'). — See also [שֵׂחַ] below
3. anxiety, trouble: מֵרֹב שִׂיחִי 1 Samuel 1:16 (defined in MT by כַּעַס, compare HPS; so Buhl SS, but perhaps = 1).
4. talk: שִׂיחוֺ 2 Kings 9:11 (so RV SS, but meaning obscurein context).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

1:16; 1:16

1 Kings

18:27; 18:27

2 Kings

9:11; 9:11

Job

7:13; 9:27; 10:1; 21:4; 23:2; 23:2

Psalms

55:3; 64:2; 102:1; 102:1; 104:34; 104:34; 142:3

Proverbs

23:29; 23:29

H7879

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7879 matches the Hebrew שִׂיחַ (śîaḥ),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16 - “Do not consider your maidservant a wicked woman,[fn] for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief I have spoken until now.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:27 - And so it was, at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:11 - Then Jehu came out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this madman come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the man and his babble.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:13 - When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:27 - If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,
I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:1 - “My soul loathes my life;
I will give free course to my complaint,
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:4 - “As for me, is my complaint against man?
And if it were, why should I not be impatient?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:2 - “Even today my complaint is bitter;
My[fn] hand is listless because of my groaning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:2 - Attend to me, and hear me;
I am restless in my complaint, and moan noisily,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:1 - To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

Hear my voice, O God, in my meditation;
Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:1 - A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before the LORD.

Hear my prayer, O LORD,
And let my cry come to You.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:34 - May my meditation be sweet to Him;
I will be glad in the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:2 - I pour out my complaint before Him;
I declare before Him my trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:29 - Who has woe?
Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions?
Who has complaints?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?
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