שִׂיחַ
si.ach
“complaint”
Definition
a contemplation; by implication, an utterance
from H7878 (שִׂיחַ);
- meditation, complaint, musing 1a) plaint, complaint 1b) following are uncertain 1b1) musing 1b2) anxiety, trouble 1b3) talk
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
שִׂיחַ appears 10 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”
When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?”“You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.
Is my complaint against a man?Then why should I not be impatient?
When I think my bed will comfort meand my couch will ease my complaint,
Who has woe? Who has sorrow?Who has contentions? Who has complaints?Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.