מַכְאוֹב
makh.ov
“pain”
Definition
anguish or (figuratively) affliction
sometimes מַכְאוֹב; also (feminine Isaiah 53:3) מַכְאֹבָה; from H3510 (כָּאַב);
- pain, sorrow 1a) pain (physical) 1b) pain (mental)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מַכְאוֹב appears 13 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
He was despised and rejected by men,a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief.Like one from whom men hide their faces,He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
Why do you cry out over your wound?Your pain has no cure!Because of your great iniquityand your numerous sinsI have done these things to you.
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered.Wail for her; get her balm for her pain;perhaps she can be healed.
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