HebrewH5889Adjective

עָיֵף

a.yeph

16Occurrences
H5889Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

languid

from H5888 (עָיֵף);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
faint, exhausted, weary

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

H:A

Full Description

Hebrew Adjective

Occurrences

עָיֵף appears 16 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Isaiah
5
2 Samuel
2
Genesis
2
Judges
2
Deuteronomy
1
Jeremiah
1
Job
1
Proverbs
1

Key Passages

2 Samuel 16:14BSB

Finally, the king and all the people with him arrived, exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.

Genesis 25:29BSB

One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.

Isaiah 29:8BSB

as when a hungry man dreams he is eating,then awakens still hungry;as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking,then awakens faint and parched.So will it be for all the many nationswho go to battle against Mount Zion.

Isaiah 5:27BSB

None of them grows weary or stumbles;no one slumbers or sleeps.No belt is looseand no sandal strap is broken.

Jeremiah 31:25BSB

for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”

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